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Subject:
What grows on mollusks?
From:
"Andrew K. Rindsberg" <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:22:57 -0600
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Dear Conchlers,

I've seen some weird things growing on living mollusks: algae, barnacles,
bryozoans, and so on. My favorite is a little Mulinia lateralis from
Mississippi Sound, Alabama. The little clam lived mostly embedded in the mud
and nevertheless had a small barnacle growing on the exposed part of each
valve. The two barnacles were flattened on the side facing each other, so
the two would meet when the clam closed its valves. Real togetherness!

What's the weirdest thing that you ever saw growing on a LIVE mollusk?
(Incidentally, biologists call these organisms 'epibionts.')

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama
P.O. Box 869999
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999
USA

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