Bluemussel

Product name: Bluemussel

Product description: Blue mussels are found on the North Atlantic and North Pacific coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world. The shape of the shell is triangular and elongate with rounded edges. The shell is smooth with a sculpturing of fine concentric growth lines but no radiating ribs. The shells of this species are purple, blue or sometimes brown in color, occasionally with radial stripes as shown here. à) The outer surface of the shell is covered by the periostracum which as eroded, exposes the colored prismatic calcitic layer is exposed and also possibly eroded.