an aquatic mollusc which has a compressed body enclosed within two hinged shells, such as oysters, mussels, and scallops 双壳类动物。 亦称 pelecypod 或 lamellibranch
Class Bivalvia (formerly Pelecypoda or Lamellibranchia) 双壳纲(原属斧足纲或瓣鳃纲)
adjective (亦作 bivalved)
(of a mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate) having a hinged double shell 有双壳的 ■(Botany)having two valves (植)有双瓣的