A byssus is a piece of very long and valuable piece of cloth, which is used for fine flax and linen.
Problema byssus was created in 1880.
The accepted scientific name is Problema byssus.
Byssus or byssa as an alternative
They attach by strong byssus threads to hard surfaces
The accepted scientific name is Problema byssus.
Some bivalves are epifaunal: that is, they attach themselves to surfaces in the water, by means of a byssus or organic cementation. Others are infaunal: they bury themselves in sand or other sediments. These forms typically have a strong digging foot. Some bivalves can swim. Chitons creep along slowly on their muscular feet and cling to rocks. Most snails move by gliding along on their muscular foot, which is lubricated with mucus. This motion is powered by succeeding waves of muscular contraction which move down the undersurface of the foot. They produce mucus in order to aid locomotion by reducing friction, and the mucus also helps reduces the snail's risk of mechanical injury from sharp objects.
Some bivalves are epifaunal: that is, they attach themselves to surfaces in the water, by means of a byssus or organic cementation. Others are infaunal: they bury themselves in sand or other sediments. These forms typically have a strong digging foot. Some bivalves can swim. Chitons creep along slowly on their muscular feet and cling to rocks. Most snails move by gliding along on their muscular foot, which is lubricated with mucus. This motion is powered by succeeding waves of muscular contraction which move down the undersurface of the foot. They produce mucus in order to aid locomotion by reducing friction, and the mucus also helps reduces the snail's risk of mechanical injury from sharp objects.
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope., Same as Mantling., The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus., Any free, outer membrane., The back of a bird together with the folded wings., A mantel. See Mantel., The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth., A penstock for a water wheel., To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise., To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively., To spread out; -- said of wings., To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool., To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope., Same as Mantling., The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus., Any free, outer membrane., The back of a bird together with the folded wings., A mantel. See Mantel., The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth., A penstock for a water wheel., To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise., To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively., To spread out; -- said of wings., To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool., To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
Bivalves are mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. They typically have two-part shells, with both valves being symmetrical along the hinge line. The class has 30,000 species, including scallops, clams, oysters and mussels. Other names for the class include Bivalva, Pelecypoda, and Lamellibranchia. Bivalves are exclusively aquatic; they include both marine and freshwater forms. However some, for instance the mussels, can survive out of water for short periods by closing their valves. Bivalves are unique among the mollusks for lacking a radula; they feed by siphoning and filtering large particles from water. Some bivalves are epifaunal: that is, they attach themselves to surfaces in the water, by means of a byssus or organic cementation. Others are infaunal: they bury themselves in sand or other sediments. These forms typically have a strong digging foot. Some bivalves, such as scallops, can swim.
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