Urosalpinx cinerea
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Urosalpinx cinerea, common name the eastern oyster drill, Atlantic oyster drill, or just oyster drill, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, th
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Blue mussel
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The blue mussel, also known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the only extant family in the order Mytilida, known as "true mussels". Blue m
Urosalpinx cinerea
…choice by the odor of the prey. It feeds on many different species of invertebrates. A few favorites are the barnacle Balanus balanoides and the mussel Mytilus edulis. Once it embraces the barnacle or mussel with its foot, it drills through the shell. The Atlantic oyster drill is found to be more responsive to living…
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