Byssus

Mytilus cum bysso iuxta Franciscopoli visus

Filamenta Pinnae nobilis

Byssus est filamentum a multis molluscis productum ut ad superficiem duram adhaerent. Byssus molluscorum edulium a coquis reicitur; byssus autem Pinnae nobilis specierumque aliquarum aliarum ab hominibus adhibetur ad pannos teneres "byssinos" texendos.

Nexus externi

• De bysso molluscorum
• De bysso

Bibliographia

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