Pallial line

The pallial line is a mark (a line) on the interior of each valve of the shell of a bivalve mollusk. This line shows where all of the mantle muscles were attached in life. In clams with two adductor muscles the pallial line usually joins the marks known as adductor muscle scars, which are where the adductor muscles attach.

The position of the pallial line is often quite clearly visible as a shiny line on the slightly more dull interior surface of the bivalve shell.^[1]

References

^ Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2, at p. 57

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[1] Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2, at p. 57

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v t e Bivalve anatomy
Shell	Callus Hinge line Hinge teeth Ligament Lira Lunule Nacre Pallial line Pallial sinus Periostracum Prodissoconch Resilifer Resilium Sculpture Umbo Valve Beak Annuli
Other hard parts	Byssus Pearl Sea silk
Soft parts	Adductor muscles Ctenidium Gastric shield Mantle Nephridium Siphon
Other	Abductin Glochidium Pseudofeces Trochophore Veliger