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Family Mytilidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Mytilus edulis

Intertidal zone, Victoria, Canada

BLUE or COMMON MUSSEL

Clusters abundant in shallow quiet bays and harbors.  Shell with fine concentric growth rings.  Attains 3 inches.  Temperate & cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere.  Commercially important harvested wild and farmed.