It attaches to kelp, hard objects ( rocks, oil well rigs ) or invertebrates such as hydroids using byssal threads.
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The foot in Protobranchia clams is without a true byssus gland, although they frequently have a nonhomologous byssal gland in the heel.
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Such valves may also have a distinctive " comb " or " ctinoleum " within the byssal notch on the right valve.
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The foot is a finger-like organ, which spins the byssal threads, which pass through the byssal notch on the ears.
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The foot is a finger-like organ, which spins the byssal threads, which pass through the byssal notch on the ears.
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Because the byssal threads are external to both the animal's body and the shell, the glue chemistry is simpler to access and analyze.
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Another factor that may be significant is that the processes of larval settlement and byssal attachment are rather delicate and would be disturbed in strong currents.
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The old clam's shell was littered with marks from the zebra mussels'byssal threads-- the thin body filaments that latch onto an object.
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Byssal thread are secreted by byssal glands located in the foot of the mussel, and are made up of polyphenolic proteins are proteins which serve as a bioadhesive.
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Byssal thread are secreted by byssal glands located in the foot of the mussel, and are made up of polyphenolic proteins are proteins which serve as a bioadhesive.
