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California Mussels

Mytilus californianus

Photo by NathalieM
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Field Notes

Description:

Large blue-brown bivalve mollusks found in the intertidal zone

Habitat:

Found in Santa Barbara in a tidepool, clustered on a rock.

Notes:

Attach to rock with a group of filaments referred to as byssus.
In a symbiotic relationship with barnacles, as seen in photo.

Reference Links:

California mussel, Barnacles "mussel" in - The Naked Scientists

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PublishedFebruary 22, 2013

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