The+pacific+blue+mussel

As we walked around the beach i couldnt help but notice little mussels littering the beach on logs and rocks. I looked them up and found that they were actually pacific blue mussels. They have smooth shiny black shells and can get up to 11 cm long. they attach to their base by extending small threads from the bottem of the shell into the wood or rock. They prefer colder water so they are only found from about sanfransisco to the arctic region. They feed on plankton by filter feeding like most bivalves. they also enjoy to group together which is why you will find them in clusters attached to the same rocks or docks. Otters and crabs eat these as a great food source, also farm raised for seafood resturaunts and fish markets to be consumed by the homo sapiens.

By Brett