Shell shape, dysodont tooth morphology, and hinge-ligament thickness in the bay mussel Mytilus trossulus correlate with wave exposure

By Robert J. Akester, A. Martel. 2000

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Shell morphometric relationships of the most common bivalve species (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the Algarve coast (southern Portugal) (2002, background): “A variety of environmental factors are known to influence shell morphology and relative proportions of many bivalve species, such as latitude (Beukema & Meehan, 1985), depth (Claxton et al., 1998), shore level (Franz, 1993), tidal level (Dame, 1972), currents (Fuiman et al., 1999), water turbulence ”
Growth rate, condition, and shell shape of Mytilus galloprovincialis: responses to wave exposure (2003, background): “Akester & Martel (2000), for instance, found that Mytilus trossulus had thicker shells and ligaments at exposed sites than at sheltered sites, and they suggested that this reduces the misalignment of the valves in areas with high wave energy.”