Q Man,
I don't know about molluscan infections, but they do recover from shell
breaks made by unsuccessful attacks by predators such as crabs. You can see
the evidence of healing in the growthlines. Also, scallops and oysters can
host polydorid polychaete worms inside the shell, causing "mud blisters"
(flattish, partly mud-filled cysts within the interior of the shell). And of
course, epifaunal mollusks are commonly colonized by algae, sponges,
hydroids, polychaetes, etc. on and within the shell.
So, eliminating all these other possibilities, what about mollusk-hosted
viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc.?
Cheers,
Andy
Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama
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Here is your beloved Question Man (Except in the rainy Northwest) with a
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Do mollusks contract deseases from which they recover? Are there
Sea---sicknesses to which mollusks might be subject? You know, we got all
sorts of things that make us cough, sniffle, break-out, scratch. I was
wondering if some of the "lower" critt ers have some of the same problems.
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