Bivalve Mollusks: Fluid Dynamics of Burrowing
- 22 April 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 152 (3721), 523-525
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.152.3721.523
Abstract
When bivalves burrow into soft substrates the foot is first extended and then dilated to obtain a firm anchorage before retraction pulls the shell downward. Pedal dilation is principally caused by adduction of the valves. The hinged shell futnctions as a hydraulic machine in which the strength of the adductor muscles is transferred to the distal part of the foot by means of the body fluids.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The fluid dynamics of the bivalve molluscs, Mya and MargaritiferaJournal Of Experimental Biology, 1966
- Observations on the Mechanism of the Opening of the Valves of A Burrowing Lamellibranch, Mya ArenariaJournal Of Experimental Biology, 1954