{"product_id":"clam-shell-id-123","title":"Clam Shell ID#123","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon Name: Clam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClass: Bivalvia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpoch:Eocene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFossil Type: Shell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFossil Length: 2.3 Inches 5.84 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFossil Width: 2.65 Inches 6.72 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocation Found: Alabama\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eInfo About Bivalvia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBivalves are a very ancient diverse lineage of animals, encompassing scallops, mussels, oysters, clams \u0026amp; cockles. Bivalves date back to practically the beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon in the Cambrian Period over 500 million years ago, 300 million years before the dinosaurs. Despite their generally similar body form of a 2-halved hinged shell exoskeleton bivalves have a very diverse life style. Most bivalves are primarily filter feeders, feeding on detritus and phytoplankton in the water column. Though there are many notable exceptions: such as those that specialize in the consumption of  wood (ship worms (not a worm)), some utilize symbiotic relationships with algae to feed, and some are even carnivores. All bivalves start as tiny larvae as a part of the local zooplankton drifting in the water column. As the bivalves mature some bivalves become quite immobile (such as an oyster) fusing themselves to a parent structure such as wood, stone, or even other oysters. While other bivalves can be quite motile tunneling through the sediments, and some bivalves such as the scallop can even swim. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBivalves. British Geological Survey. (2021, August 20). https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/fossils-and-geological-time\/bivalves\/#:~:text=Bivalves%20have%20inhabited%20the%20Earth,litter%20beaches%20across%20the%20globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKean-Howie, J. C., O ’D or, R. K., \u0026amp; Scarratt, D. J. (1995). Evolution of feeding strategies throughout the life histories of bivalve molluscs, with emphasis on ontogeny and phylogeny. ICES, 199, 5–12.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNatureatlas©. (n.d.). https:\/\/natureatlas.org\/zooplankton\/midatlantic\/IDclam.php\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubsurfaceMedia. (n.d.). Swimming Bay Scallops Homosassa Florida. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NBH3UvlZo90\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prehistoric Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334853935156,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/5933\/7268\/files\/123_1.jpg?v=1765517994","url":"https:\/\/prehistoricfinds.com\/products\/clam-shell-id-123","provider":"Prehistoric Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}