1. Byssal threads

2. Byssal filaments found in a byssal cavity are formed by byssal gland or Byssogenous apparatus

3. Byssuses or Byssi a fine linen ( adjective ) byssal

4. A fine linen [n Byssuses or BYSSI] : BYSSAL [adj] Medical Definition of Byssus

5. Byssus (1) An excretion of the byssal gland, found in the so-called feet of many bivalve mollusks

6. These animals produce their byssal threads using a Byssus gland, located within the organism's foot.

7. …substrates by byssal threads (Byssus; proteinaceous threads secreted by a gland on the foot) have allowed certain bivalves to colonize hard surfaces on wave-swept shores

8. Byssal, or Byssus, threads are strong, silky fibers that are made from proteins that are used by mussels and other bivalves to attach to rocks, pilings or other substrates

9. Although thin, alate species of unionids appeared to decline sooner than species with more inflated and rounded shells, all species were affected, with an average of 64% of all dead unionid shells collected containing either living zebra mussels or their byssal threads.