lamellibranch - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged togetherclam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud cockle - common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs oyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters ark shell - marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface mussel - marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. escallop, scollop, scallop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions piddock - marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells |