freshwater bivalve
2.Any of various usually burrowing marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks of the class Pelecypoda, including members of the genera Venus and Mya, many of which are edible.
3.Any of several freshwater bivalve mollusks of the genera Anodonta and Unio, found in the central United States, that burrow in the sand or mud of lakes and streams.
4.Any of various minute, chiefly freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a bivalve carapace.

