#bivalve

[taylornprice]

bivalves!

[vintagewildlife]

Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) By: Frank Ward From: The Zoogoer 1994

[qadmonster]

Ko-fi dooble - "Clamman, in sense of Mothman"

Clamman, in sense of Mothman"

Please consider supporting me on ko-fi. Leave a prompt with your tip for your own simple monster dooble!

[herpsandbirds]

The prairie chicken's gone. Who's next on Texas's endangered list?

The Endangered Species Act is under fire in Texas

The lesser prairie-chicken is no longer protected under federal law, and several other endangered Texas species could soon meet the same fate.  In August, a federal judge ruled in favor of the State of Texas, siding with state officials and industry groups who argued that listing the bird as endangered and threatened unlawfully restricted land use. The bird's habitat spans parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico—much of it overlapping with energy development and ranching. Attorney General Ken Paxton called the Biden-era protections "an attack" on property rights. Now, other species are on the chopping block.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-endangered-species-21033141.php

[dinoserious]

invertober 12, pacific razor clam

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By Lisa Lundgren, CC-BY-NC

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

I think many people didn't realize it, but the Permian bivalve I posted yesterday and made look like a ship graveyard was indeed over a meter long. Shikamaia was distributed throughout the global north and potentially employed chemosynthetic bacteria.

[wikipediapictures]

Trachycardium isocardia