APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 - Padstow mussel (Marine bivalves)
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Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- shell exterior 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- shell interior 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- live animal 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- live animal 2

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- pale form 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- pale form 2

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- filter feeding 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- filter feeding 2

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- animal colony 1

Galician or Padstow mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
- inside live animal / flesh 1

Images taken at Padstow on the Camel Estuary, on a beach east of Charlestown, SX0417351577, 08.09.10; and of a shell collected at Hayle Towans, Hayle, Cornwall. 06.11.11.

Also see Mytilus edulis.

Scientific and European Names: Mytilus galloprovincialis, Galician mussel, Mediterranean mussel, Padstow mussel, Diepwatermossel, Krombekmossel, Moule de Provence, Mittelmeermiesmuschel.

Mytilus galloprovincialis Galician or Padstow Mussel
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.