Mussel
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MUSSEL (0. Eng. muscle, Lat. musculus, diminutive of mus, mouse, applied to small sea fish and mussels), a term applied in England to two families of Lamellibranch Molluscs - the marine Mytilacea, ...
Mussel
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edible freshwater or marine bivalve mollusk. Mussels are able to move slowly by means of the muscular foot.
The term mussel is used for several families of bivalve mollusks inhabiting lakes, rivers, and creeks, as well as intertidal areas along coastlines worldwide.
Zebra mussels are an invasive species and their rapid population growth is a concern to scientists. Scientists say the presence of zebra mussels is limiting the amount of native freshwater mussels to survive.
Freshwater mussel, river mussel
Unio tumidus
This freshwater species is common in canals.
Statistics
Shell length: 90mm.
Range – Fan mussel
This scarce species is found around the coast of Britain and Ireland, with the strongest populations occurring in Scotland and off the southwestern coast of Cornwall (4).
Ribbed Mussel
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Musselburgh, Scotland
The Grey Partridge is found in the temperate zone of Eurasia from Ireland to Central Asia.
Mussels in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England.
Fossil gastropod and attached mytilid bivalves in a Jurassic limestone (Matmor Formation) in southern Israel.
Mussels and cockles on the coast; mainly worms inland.
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Most mussels develop through a secondary fish host. Females carry eggs from late summer until the following spring when they release the glochidia (young) into the water.
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Clams, mussels and other bottom dwelling organisms that are located by their sensitive whiskers.
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Clams, Mussels, Starfish
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mussels, snails, echinoderms, and crabs
Breeding
Females give birth to a single calf after gestation of 15-16 months. At birth the calf is about 110 cm long and weighs approximately 63 kg. It is weaned fully after 2 years.
Barnacles, mussels, snails, crustaceans, spiders and seeds are all part of their diet.
Freshwater mussel larvae. These are brooded in the gills of the female mussel.
Description The Mussel Worm is in the class Polychaeta, subclass Errantia. The Errantia are worms that move about.
All species of genus Eriocheir Applesnails and Giant Ram's-horn Snails All genera and species of the Family Ampullariidae (previously called Pilidae) including Pomacea and Marisa, except spiketop applesnail (Pomacea bridgesii) Zebra Mussels, ...
Feeds on snails, mussels, frogs, earthworms, and insects
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They eat carrion, garbage, birds, mammals, insects, crayfish (Cambarus spp., Astacus spp.), mussels, other invertebrates, a wide variety of grains and other fruits, and other plant materials.
Blue mussels
Blue Mussels on Rock
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Blue Sea Slug Glaucus atlanticus and Porpita Porpita pacifica
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Blue Shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Barnacles, limpets, whelks and mussels that live in this zone attach themselves to rocks so they aren't washed away by the waves. Tidepools often form in this region when water is trapped in depressions in rocks and the sand.
Their main diet includes mussels, snails, echinoderms, and crabs. Walrus foraging dives usually last 2-10 minutes at depths of 10-50 m. They swim headfirst along the ocean bottom, rooting about with their stiff beard bristles in a piglike fashion.
Sea otters mainly eat sea urchins, crabs, clams, mussels, octopus, other marine invertebrates, and fish. In order to capture food, sea otters dive to the bottom in 5 to 250 feet of water.
The skeleton of Aetobatus exhibits many adaptations for eating hard prey, like clams and mussels. As is typical for cartilaginous fishes, its skeleton is composed of cartilage.
Juveniles feed on insects, spiders, snails, gastropods and mussels. Young crocodiles feed mostly on toads, frogs and small fish such as Clarias, Labeo and Tilapia spp.
The omnivorous Herring Gull eats mussels, squid, fish, crabs, other birds and their chicks and eggs, earthworms, insects, and human refuse. It swallows food whole when possible, but can peck open thin shells or drop thicker ones onto hard surfaces.
Presently it emerges with a crayfish or a mussel held firmly in its bill. It shakes its head, and over its flattened back roll the large pearly drops of water, unable to penetrate the surface of its compact and oily plumage.
The walrus gathers its main food from the seabed, including clams, cockles, mussels, shrimp, worms, sea cucumbers, and even octopuses, as well as some fish. Sometimes a large bull will eat a seal that it has attacked with his tusks.
Its diet typically consists of crabs, clams, mussels, worms, an occasional sea urchin or flounder, or even a few plants.
An opportunistic feeder, its diet consists mainly of fish; also leeches, earthworms, water and land insects; frequently crayfish, mussels, squid, amphibians, lizards, snakes, rodents, birds, eggs, carrion, plant materials, ...
The diet of the Black-crowned Night Heron depends on what is available, and may include algae, fishes, leeches, earthworms, insects, crayfish, mussels, squid, amphibians, small rodents, plant materials, garbage and organic refuse at landfills.
Blue catfish are opportunistic predators and will eat any species of fish they can catch, along with crayfish, freshwater mussels, frogs, ...
Diet: Black Oystercatcher eat limpets and mussels (not oysters). They can only feed at low tide and do so at day and night. Because of their highly selective feeding area they are more susceptible to human activity than most shore birds.
The Walrus eats clams, cockles, mussels, shrimp, worms, sea cucumbers and octopuses as well as fish. The Inuit have hunted the Walrus for thousands of years and use every part of it in their traditional dress and their food.
The Barbel have strong pharynegeal teeth (throat teeth) which they use to crush mussels, snail shells and crayfish. The Barbel breed in the early spring, and the eggs being shed in the weeds that grow in the gravel shallows.
Adult map turtles have muscular heads but they have two distinct appearances, those that are 'broad-headed' (primarily for cracking mussels and snail shells), and those that are 'narrow-headed' designed more for eating insects.
Freshwater mussels and snails are favorite foods. Introduced Asiatic clams are also eaten. Aquatic insects such as caddis flies and stoneflies may be gleaned from sunken logs and submerged rocks.
In the wild, sea otters eat a wide variety of benthic invertebrates like clams, crabs, urchins, snails, octopus, mussels and sea stars. They may eat fish. Individuals seem to have food preferences they learn from their mothers.
When it dives for shellfish, such as mussels or abalone, it also brings up a small rock. It then floats on its back, places the rock on its chest, and cracks the shell against it.
At times they seriously damage blueberry crops; they carry off fish placed on fields for fertilizer; and their method of breaking open mussels by dropping them from heights onto hard surfaces has damaged the roofs of automobiles.
They are often seen with a clam or mussel and a rock that has been deftly snared from the ocean floor. Otters will place the rock on their chests, and repeatedly smash the shellfish against it until it breaks open to reveal the tasty meal inside.
Major food items include oysters, ribbed mussels, razor clams, other bivalves, and marine crustaceans and invertebrates.
Diet: Mostly fish, also mussels, snails, salamanders, and occasionally plant material.
Behavior: Obtains nearly all its food by diving underwater, propelling itself with its feet in search of prey.
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In the wild, these turtles are both scavengers and hunters that eat a varied diet of fish, crayfish, mussels, snakes, small alligators, briar roots, wild grapes, birds and mammals, salamanders, crabs, snails, acorns and other turtles.
Food and Feeding. Clams, cockles and mussels are the walrus main food. It uses the bristles of its moustache to sense its prey in the murky waters just above the sea bed. It possibly also uncovers food in soft mud by squirting water from its mouth.
They mainly eat mollusks such as mussels and clams, as well as seeds and other parts of aquatic plants like sedges and bulrushes (Cyperaceae), "pondweeds", Widgeon-grass (Ruppia cirrhosa), Wild Celery (Vallisneria americana) or wild rice (Zizania).
Populations there had declined during the 1970s, but appear to be increasing in response to the invasion of the zebra mussel, a new and abundant food source.
The otters also receive a variety of whole shellfish such as clams, mussels, and crabs.
The hooded seal diet consists of mussels, starfish, squid, shrimp, herring and cod. Aside from humans, who hunt them for their skin, their principal predator appears to be the killer whale.
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Bait: Sea worm, clams or mussels, shrimp, polychaete worms, fish fry and bits of seaweed.
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Introduced species such as zebra mussels change the habitat and out-compete the redside dace. The Fisheries Act now prohibits destruction or change in stream habitat.
Sea urchins, abalone, mussels, clams, crabs, snails and about 40 other marine species. Sea otters eat approximately 25% of their weight in food each day.
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They eat mussels, clams, oysters, crabs and snails. Sea otters are the only animals besides primates (great apes and humans) that use tools: sea otter use small rocks that they sharpen to pull food from shells and rocks.
Molluscs (Mollusca) are a group of invertebrates that includes squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, nudibranchs, snails, slugs, limpets, sea hares, mussels, clams, oysters, scallops, as well as many less well-known animals.
An aquatic species, it is probably found in most large bodies of water in Wisconsin, including all major rivers, and lakes Michigan and Superior. It is the only known host for the state threatened Salamander Mussel, Simpsonaias ambigua, ...
Common starfish feed on mussels, crustaceans, worms and echinoderms (starfish or sea urchins).
Behaviour
Starfish are propelled very slowly along the sea floor by their tiny tube feet.
Diet: Sea otters are carnivores (meat-eaters). They eat (like ), (like , mussels, and abalone), , , , and fish. They hunt for their prey in the ocean and on the sea floor. These intelligent mammals use rocks to help crack open and abalone.
 See also: Vulture, Monkey, King vulture, Baboon, Shell
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