- Anomiidae, Pinnidae, Pectinidae, Dreissenidae, and Unionidae. The byssus, or
byssal complex, is
composed of
multiple extracellular collagenous threads that...
-
exposed s****s in the
intertidal zone,
attached by
means of
their strong byssal threads ("beard") to a firm substrate. A few
species (in the
genus Bathymodiolus)...
- some
point in
their lives by
means of a
filament they
secrete called a
byssal thread. The
majority of species, however, live re****bent on
sandy substrates...
-
strong (and
somewhat elastic) thread-like
structures called byssal threads,
secreted by
byssal glands located in the foot of the mussel. The
shape of the...
- are free-swimming like
plankton for 14 days or
attached to
surfaces via
byssal thread during metamorphosis,
eventually settling on the bottom. They consume...
- are
prominent and are a
minimum of half the
width of the s****, with the
byssal notch situated in the
right anterior ear
being slight and not serrated....
-
byssus gland,
although they
frequently have a
nonhomologous byssal gland in the heel. The
byssal gland in
these clams does not
produce threads as in Pteriomorphia...
-
umbos to the
posterior point forming a shoulder. The
byssal threads are
secreted by the
byssal gland posterior to the food.
Native to the Black, Caspian...
- "Antibacterial Gel
Coatings Inspired by the
Cryptic Function of a
Mussel Byssal Peptide".
Advanced Materials. 33 (40): e2103677. Bibcode:2021AdM....3303677F...
- predators, they
create byssal threads.
Byssal threads are
threads that
connect them to
their substrate. By
creating more
byssal threads the
mussel is harder...
