Pseudofeces
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pseudofeces-298-4025644
title:
Pseudofeces
text:
Pseudofeces or pseudofaeces are a specialized method of expulsion that filter-feeding bivalve mollusks use in order to get rid of suspended particles such as particles of grit which cannot be used as food, and which have been rejected by the animal. The rejected particles are wrapped in mucus, and are then expelled without having passed through the digestive tract. Thus, although they may closely resemble the mollusk's real feces, they are not actually feces, hence the name pseudofeces, meaning
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description:
Mucus bound masses with indigestable material suspended in it created by bivalves
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudofeces
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date modified:
2023-12-29T15:40:14Z
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