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Article History

Received: 29 March 2018

Revised: 25 July 2018

Accepted: 10 August 2018

First Online: 21 February 2020

COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS

: <i>Conflict of interest</i>. The author declares that she has no conflict of interest.

: <i>Statement on the welfare of animals</i>. All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.

: Letter designations inInternalRef removedare as follows: <i>bt</i>, byssal threads; <i>br</i>, byssal root; <i>c</i>, cuffs; <i>bs</i>, byssal stem; <i>ad</i>, attachment disks; <i>f</i>, mussel’s foot; <i>pf</i>, proximal part of foot; <i>df</i>, dorsal part of foot; <i>g</i>, ventral foot groove; <i>sl</i>, stem lamellae forming the core; <i>z</i>, zone of transition from distal to proximal part of the byssal thread; <i>de</i>, distal end of the byssal thread; <i>pe</i>, proximal end of the byssal thread; <i>lc</i>, longitudinal cord; <i>ec</i>, external cuticle; <i>cfb</i>, strong bundles of collagen fibers; <i>efb</i>, elastic collagen fibers; <i>dp</i>, disk plate; <i>ac</i>, anterior cord; <i>pc</i>, posterior cord; <i>ltc</i>, lateral cord; <i>c</i>, cavity; <i>frs</i>, furrows of a smaller order; <i>os</i>, opposite side of the byssal thread; <i>ce</i>, corrugated edge; <i>lfr</i>, longitudinal furrow; <i>tfr</i>, transverse furrow; <i>tfd</i>, transverse fold.