bivalve id

[paul monfils]

Hello,

We hope to expand the family identification page to include bivalves.  I must admit, I prepared most of the images for that project over a year ago, but then got distracted by other matters.  I'll have to contact David soon about getting that done.  I'm afraid there isn't a wide-ranging bivalve site available, nothing comparable to, for example, <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gastropods.com&nbsp;">www.gastropods.com&nbsp;</a><!-- w --> If you have some idea of the family a bivalve might belong to, Poppe's conchology site - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.conchology.be">http://www.conchology.be</a><!-- m --> - can be very helpful in pinning down exact species.  And of course, if you can take clear photos of your bivalves and post them - or post links to them - here, you can often get ID's from other collectors.