Shoreline

A filtering lamellibranch mollusc with a calcareous shell with two lateral valves (bivalve). Bivalve molluscs are separated into two classes: burrowing bivalves that live at the sediment surface or buried in it (carpetshells, cockles, clams), and non-burrowing bivalves that live attached to a hard substrate (oysters, mussels).

Decision issued by the local competent authority (the Prefect), limited in time, to restrict or prohibit the use of shells from an area, because of proven specific microbiological, phycotoxin or chemical contamination…

Decision issued by the local competent authority (the prefect), intended for classifying mollusc farming areas according to their overall level of contamination. This health classification has a direct impact on…