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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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
- 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.

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