Plants and Animals

How does the boring marine animal called the piddock dissolve rock and other substances?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/does-boring-marine-animal-called-piddock-dissolve-rock-and-other-substances-116005.html" >How does the boring marine animal called the piddock dissolve rock and other substances?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Marine borers include the boring sponges, certain marine worms, and some bivalve mollusks, e.g., the rock borer, the shipworm, and the piddock, which are thought to secrete acids that dissolve rock and other substances.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about borer . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What method does the piddock, a marine borer, use to dissolve rock and other substances? The piddock, a marine borer, dissolves rock and other substances by what method? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.