Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edule
Mytilus edulis
Edible blue mussel
common mussel
common blue mussel
blue mussel
bay mussel
The edible mussel
craa shell
crow mussel
krane
kraeno
Collection ID:
Z555.1.183
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 5 specimens. Adults with the recognisable blue colouring. All specimens still have both valves joined. 2 have heavy barnacle epibionts of the species Chthamalus montagui. They can be found in large communities attached to rocks on most rocky shores.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
