A ton of people including first time quest jaskers marine puts and laser intro legator as well as kay hulman and tina huang asked in laser's words is it true that scallops can't close their shell completely. The most mobile of the bivalves for sure they're the only swimming bivalves and they do this through jet propulsion so not totally unique to the animal world but they use that really strong adductor muscle there to clamp down that shell.

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