Re: NANFA-- Mussels

kahley (kahley_at_ptd.net)
Sun, 01 Sep 2002 18:05:44 -0500

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At 12:02 PM 8/31/02 -0500, Benjamin Shaw wrote:
>Zebra Mussels?
>
>Were the bivalves attached to a solid surface?

Nope in a sand layer but it might be attached to
a rock under there.

>Were they under two inches?

Hmmm.....yes. I guess I dig it out and look for stripes.
But IMS, it was more equilateral; than isocelian.
(I have absolutely no idea it either of those words
are spelled correctly but I think you get my drift <g>

>If so, you might have found zebra mussels. If so, then you may want to
>kill it, possibly noting its presence to your local Natural Resources
>office...
>
>Here's a page that may be helpful in determining if they are.
>http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/zebramussels/field_guide.html
>
>Hope they're not...
>
>On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, kahley wrote:
>
> > I found two examples of a new to the reef
> > bivalve...totally different form the plethora
> > of clams. It's more triangular in shape and
> > brown in color. Is there any on-line resource
> > for IDing bivalves and will I harm it if I remove
> > it from it's place. There were two, but one was
> > crushed in the wreck. I have never seen another
> > in the area but of course, I wasn't looking.
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> --Ben Shaw
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