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Bivalve vs Buchiid - What's the difference?

bivalve | buchiid |

As nouns the difference between bivalve and buchiid

is that bivalve is any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster while buchiid is (malacology|paleontology) a bivalve mollusc of the extinct family (taxlink) .

bivalve

English

(wikipedia bivalve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
  • (botany) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

    • Coordinate terms

    * univalve

    Related terms

    * univalve

    buchiid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (malacology, paleontology) A bivalve mollusc of the extinct family (taxlink)
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, Rolf Ludvigsen, Life in Stone: A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils, isbn=0774805781 citation
    • , passage=The buchiids were certainly the most abundant bivalve group in the oceans of British Columbia during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. }}

    Hypernyms

    * pectinoid ** pteriomorph *** bivalve **** mollusc