mussel

The present-day mollusc family includes snails, cephalopods and mussels.

And most seagrass is found in tropical waters, which contain an abundance of carbonate, the compound in coral and mussel shells.

State workers discovered golden mussels attached to equipment and buoys in the Port of Stockton last month while carrying out routine water quality tests.

In each country where the mussels have taken over, the initial introduction also appeared to be from ships — on the hulls or from ballast water release.

The group was especially pleased to learn that sea robins were so effective at covering up filtered mussel extract, even down to single amino acids.