>Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:55:56 -0400
>Reply-To:     Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>From:         David Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: Bivalve defences with byssal fastening
>To:           [log in to unmask]
>
>> As for the byssal thread round-up..Aaron, that one sounds kind of
like a sea
>>>story to me.  Anyone ever actually video this occurring?
>
>
>Mussels trapping gastropod predators by attatching byssal threads to
them
>has been documented from South Africa.  I believe it was Mytilus
>galloprovincialis, an introduced species.
>
 
Thanks for the information. It is a very interesting idea..now you say
this was done to gastropods..anything on stars?
 
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