...Mark Denny; Luke Miller SUMMARY Unlike most bivalves, scallops are able to swim, relying on a shell with reduced mass and streamlined proportions, a large fast-twitch adductor muscle and the elastic characteristics of the shell's hinge. Despite these adaptations, swimming in scallops is never far...

...J.-Y. Cheng; I. G. Davison; M. E. Demont ABSTRACT A dynamic model for a swimming scallop was developed which integrates the mechanical properties of the hinge ligaments, valve inertia, the external fluid-flow reaction, the fluid pressure in the mantle cavity and the muscle contraction. Kinematic...

... cycle and phase of activation of the scallop adductor during swimming at 10°C to design an in vitro contractile regime that replicated the natural cycle. Replicating the in vivo length cycle and stimulation regime resulted in power output during cyclic contractions that matched in vivo performance both...

...John M. Olson; Richard L. Marsh ABSTRACT The isometric and isotonic contractile properties of the cross-striated adductor muscle of the bay scallop ( Argopecten irradians ) were measured in vitro at 10, 15 and 20°C. The length at which twitch force was maximal as a function of the closed length...

... should be addressed. 13 10 1992 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 scallop abductin swimming mechanical properties locomotion Placopecten magellanicus The family Pectinaceae have acquired the ability to swim through the development of a specialized hinge ligament...