Bivalve vs Radula - What's the difference?
bivalve | radula |
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.
(zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
* 2015 , Asa H. Barber , Dun Lu , Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface , 18 February 2015
As nouns the difference between bivalve and radula
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 radula is (zoology) the rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.bivalve
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(wikipedia bivalve)Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* univalveradula
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Noun
(radulae)- The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.