Entoliidae
The Entoliidae, also referred to as the entoliids, are a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pectinoida. They are related to and are considered the ancestors of modern scallops. In the geological record the family contains at least seven species in five different genera, though only one is extant and it is very rare and cryptic, inhabiting the Caribbean and central west Pacific Ocean in small, disjointed populations.
A significant morphological feature lacking in the entoliids but present in modern scallops is the ctenolium, a comb-like structure under the anterior auricle through which scallops are able to produce a byssal thread for attachment to a substrate. The entoliids did not/ do not secrete a byssal thread.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Entoliidae include:
- Entolium fossatum Marwick 1953
- Entolium utokokense Imlay 1961
- Pectinella sigsbeei (Dall, 1886)
- Pectinella aequoris Dijkstra, 1991
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It's Not Easy Being Green
by: Andy HallettIt's not that easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that
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It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over
'cause you're not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky
But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
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or more important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why,
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or important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why,
but why wonder why wonder,
I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful