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Adductor muscles (bivalve)
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The adductor muscles are the main muscular system in bivalve mollusks. In many parts of the world, when people eat scallops, the adductor muscles are the only part of the animal which is eaten. Adduct
Marine blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, showing some of the inner anatomy, including the white posterior adductor muscle which is visible in the upper image, and has been cut in the lower image to allow the valves to open fully.
Marine blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, showing some of the inner anatomy, including the white posterior adductor muscle which is visible in the upper ima
One shrimp and large adductor muscles from seven individuals of the giant scallop which are about to be cooked
One shrimp and large adductor muscles from seven individuals of the giant scallop which are about to be cooked
Hinge line
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A hinge line is an imaginary longitudinal line along the dorsal edge of the shell of a bivalve mollusk where the two valves hinge or articulate. The hinge line can easily be perceived in these images
The hinge of a blue mussel, Mytilidae
The hinge of a blue mussel, Mytilidae
Part of the hinge line of one valve of an ark shell, Arcidae
Part of the hinge line of one valve of an ark shell, Arcidae