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Byssus 

(1) An excretion of the byssal gland, found in the so-called feet of many bivalve mollusks. Immediately upon expulsion, byssus hardens and forms durable silky filaments by which mollusks fasten themselves to underwater objects. In antiquity a special cloth, vysson, was prepared from the byssus excreted by the large mollusk pinna.

(2) A roe disease of freshwater fish caused by certain fungi of the genera Saprolegnia and Achy la.
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They were attached by byssus threads to lumps of suphide crust, exposed to diluted vent fluids.
The morphology of bacterial symbioses in the gills of mussels of the ... by Southward, Eve C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
By slightly varying the composition of the preadhesive, the mussel gives extra elasticity to byssus threads at the shell end.
Stuck on mussels: a mollusk's natural grasp of adhesive science ... by Amato, Ivan / Science News
The dispersal of young post-larval bivalve molluscs by byssus threads.
Spatio-temporal variations in density of different life stages of a ... by Sekiguchi, Hideo / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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