Encyclopedia > Mussel

  Article Content

Mussel

A mussel is a small edible bivalve shellfish. There are saltwater and freshwater (family Unionidae) varieties, and they come in a variety of sizes.

One species, the European zebra mussel[?] (Dreissena polymorpha) is causing a serious problem in North America. From its first discovery in American waters in 1988 it has spread to a large number of waterways disrupting the ecosystem, displacing the local unoinoida mussels, and damaging harbours, boats, power plants etc.

Mussels are used as the host animal for the cultivation of freshwater pearls[?].

Also see clam.

Not to be confused with muscle.

External links



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Thomas a Kempis

... possible to a mortal. His teachings far excel all the teachings of the saints. The book gives counsels to read the Scriptures, statements about the uses of adversity, ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 32 ms