because they are cool
adaptations of a ribbed mussel are its color to camouflage itself from predators and its hard shell also to protect itself from predators
it is nothing
Zebra mussels do not have many natural predators in North America. But, it has been documented that several species of fish and diving ducks have been known to eat them.
Yes. It has a shell. Invertebrates have no backbone, vertebrates do. Invertebrates often have a hard external shell (like a mussel), or exoskeleton (like a crab), to protect them from predators.
adaptations of a ribbed mussel are its color to camouflage itself from predators and its hard shell also to protect itself from predators
nothing
I think it is called a Mussel Spasm
A bearded mussel is a mussel found off the coasts of Britain, Latin name Modiolus barbatus, also known as the horse mussel or the horse-bearded mussel.
a freshwater mussel
A mother zebra mussel pushes out an egg that grows into a another zebra mussel.
Saltwater mussels: Humans, seastars, seabirds, marine gastropods. Freshwater mussels: Otters, racoons, ducks, geese.
The mussel is a bivalve mollusk. When the tide rushes in, that mussel will clam up.