How about the dried specimen ?

Thanks



He Jing

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Subject: Re: How to open a bivavle specimen ?


>A few forms such as spondylids and some nuculanids have teeth that
> interlock so as to be difficult or impossible to separate without
> breaking the shell.  Otherwise, muscle and ligament are what holds the
> shell together and can be cut.  Viewing the hinge in a live animal is
> not often possible, not counting X rays.
>
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> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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