An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of
Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Bivalve Shapes
Ordered Alphabetically

(or display shapes listed with definitions or in a table, grouped by shape or type)




donaciform

elliptical

elongate

elongate elliptical

 

ensiform

equivalve

fan shaped

inequivalve

 

mytiliform

nuculaniform

orbicular

oval

 

pectinate

pteriiform

quadrate

rostrate

 

subelliptical

suborbicular

suboval

subquadrate

 

subtrigonal

terediniform

trigonal

trigonally suboval

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