Learn about this topic in these articles: bivalves. ...posterior respiratory gills have enlarged and moved to lie lateral to the body as paired folds, or demibranchs. Further increases in surface area have been achieved by folding the platelike gill lamellae into plicae.
Farmland on Islandmagee. Islandmagee is a peninsula on the east coast of County Antrim, on the North Channel. The peninsula has its root a little north of Carrickfergus, and stretches northward along the coast for 7 miles as far as Larne, creating between itself and the mainland of Antrim a sea lough known as Larne Lough.
Montague Island Nature Reserve is located nine kilometres south-east of Narooma, and tours operate from Narooma daily. The island is a managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and protects Australian and New Zealand fur seals, which bask in the sun on the smooth rocks.