APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- live animal 1

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- live animal 2

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- live animal 3

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- shell 1

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- colony 1

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- colony 2

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- colony 3

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- colony 4

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- colony 5

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- striped shell 1

Common or Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
- flesh / close-up 1

Very commonly found alive or as shells on many beaches and estuaries across Devon and Cornwall.

Also see Mytilus galloprovincialis.

Scientific and European Names: Mytilus edulis, Common mussel, Blue mussel, Edible mussel, Muschel, Mossel, Moule commune, Mejillon, Cozza.

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