Image of Atlantic giant cockle
Description:
With these three valves you can see how the shape of the shell changes as the animal matures. The juvenile shells are much more circular. It's called allometric growth.
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- Dinocardium robustum (Atlantic giant cockle)
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- Susan J. Hewitt
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