>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? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com