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- Mussel (4840 bytes)
1: ... class="expansion" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .2em; margin-bottom: 3...
14: ...tion_subdivision | color = pink| plural_taxon = Orders}}
17: ...grouped in different [[subclass]]es, despite considerable similarities in appearance.
21: ... of two valves that protect it from predators and desiccation. Protruding from a valve is an enlarged ...
23: ...t comes into contact with sea water. This forms a byssus thread that it very tough and secures the mussel ... - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
6: ...om these sources than from wool. There is some evidence that [[cotton]] was used,but less often. [[Sil...
9: ...heen, known as [[sea silk]], was made from the [[byssus]] or fibres produced by ''Pinna noblis'', a large...
13: ... to that of wool and was described by Pliny the Elder. After the harvest, the material would be immers...
15: ...ively. Silk was rare and expensive; a luxury afforded only to the richest and worn by women. Another t...
17: ...cheapest dyes available. According to Pliny the Elder, a blackish colour was preferred to red. Yellow,...
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