| 1. | Just don't talk to me about compromising on bivalves.
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| 2. | The first thing to consider is the shucking of the bivalves.
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| 3. | Simmer the bivalves just long enough for the shells to open.
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| 4. | Fossil gastropods were less common during the Palaeozoic era than bivalves.
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| 5. | The arrangement of these teeth is often important in identifying bivalves.
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| 6. | In modern times, brachiopods are not as common as bivalves.
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| 7. | Bivalves have also been proposed to have evolved from the rostroconchs.
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| 8. | In those bivalves which have siphons, the siphons are paired.
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| 9. | Adult rostroconchs differ from bivalves because they have no functional hinge.
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| 10. | Like brachiopods, epifaunal varieties of bivalves were predated upon heavily.
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