Assertion: whelk | /r/CapableOf | pry the valves of bivalves
Facets:
value: by holding it
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Whelks use their shell’s lip to chip and pry the valves of bivalves (clams) apart by holding it with its foot so that the ventral edges of the prey’s valves are under the outer lip of the whelk’s shell.