Sunrays © 2009, oil on canvas 72 x 79 cm
Habitat marked for the Baltic Sea only
Blue Mussel
Family Mytilidae
Description
The Blue Mussel is a marine bivalve mollusk with a hard smooth shell with fine radial gradial growth lines that houses a living soft boneless body. The two valves opens slightly with its hinge ligaments so the living mussel can filter water for nutrition. The foot has somewhat elastic “strings” called byssal threads that the mussel uses to attach itself to fix matter. The Baltic Sea Blue Mussel has a thinner shell and is much smaller than the Atlantic Blue Mussel.
Color
The shell is blackish purple, blue or sometimes brown in color. The inside of the shell is white mother of pearl and the living boneless soft body is beige, brown and yellow.
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Family Mytilidae
Description
The Blue Mussel is a marine bivalve mollusk with a hard smooth shell with fine radial gradial growth lines that houses a living soft boneless body. The two valves opens slightly with its hinge ligaments so the living mussel can filter water for nutrition. The foot has somewhat elastic “strings” called byssal threads that the mussel uses to attach itself to fix matter. The Baltic Sea Blue Mussel has a thinner shell and is much smaller than the Atlantic Blue Mussel.
Color
The shell is blackish purple, blue or sometimes brown in color. The inside of the shell is white mother of pearl and the living boneless soft body is beige, brown and yellow.
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Latin = Mytilus edulis
Species name in your language
 English:Blue Mussel |
 Svenska:Blåmusslor |
 Suomi:Sinisimpukka |
 По-русски: мидии |
 Esti:Söödav rannakarp |
 Lietuviškai:Midija |
 Latviešu:--- |
 Polska:Omułek jadalny |
 German:Miesmuschel |
 Dansk:Blåmusling |