The silvereye â also known as the wax-eye, or sometimes white eye â is a small and friendly olive green forest bird with white rings around its eyes. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) were self introduced in the 1800s and now have a wide distribution throughout New Zealand.he silvereye â also known as the wax-eye, or sometimes white eye â is a small and friendly olive green forest bird with white rings around its eyes. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) were self introduced in the 1800s and now have a wide distribution throughout New Zealand.
Cockles are an effective bait for a wide variety of sea fishes. The folk song Molly Malone is also known as Cockles and Mussels because the title character's sale of the two foods is referred to in the song's refrain. The shells of cockles are mentioned in the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
The generally accepted systematic name (in contrary to some others) of all mussels, clams and scallops-Bivalvia-the two-valve molluscs-refers to the most important character of all bivalves, that separates them from all other molluscs: The shell is separated into two pieces. bivalve's foot is adapted to how it lives and moves. So there are different types of feet in bivalves, from beam-shaped, tongue-shaped or worm-shaped feet. Swimming mussels, as well as completely sessile mussels, often have a largely reduced foot.