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The Irish mussels wholesale small make up tell you mussel body structure

Mussels have two closed shell muscle, former closed shell degraded or disappear, closed shell after huge, belongs to the different column class. Its ligament was born in the body back shell connected to both points. Mussels is the use of closed shell muscle and ligament of the open and closed shells, but mussel shells failed to closed boold clam and shut so tight, often have crack, crack is where byssus stretched out, because the mussels is made by the secretion of byssus fixation in seafloor rocks or other objects in life. Byssus composition is a protein that is very strong and resilient, so use the strength of wire fixation is very big, sometimes people want to adopt it is very laborious, but mussel after fixation with foot silk, can also contain foot silk, the body on the fixation for small range of activities. If there are any environmental change, still can make byssus loss, large range of activities, in the new suitable environment to secrete new foot silk, sessile.

　　Thick shell mussels: 2 slices shells, about 15 centimeters long, a wedge. Small shell top, located in the front of the shell, abdomen margin slightly straight, back edge and abdomen margin above 30 degrees backward outspread, dorsal brim with arc. Trailing round shell, shell surface by shell roof along the abdomen form a bulge, the shell surface is divided into two, the upper among large oblique edge; The lower small and bent to the side of abdomen, grow grain, but irregular. Shell surface is dark brown, apex of shell often wear and white. Shell inside bice, pearly luster. By the back end of the ligament, down around the shell trailing edge to the edge of abdominal end there is a broad and black. Shell table circles of shells shell edge roll to form a reddish-brown narrow around the rim. Coat mark and closed shell mark clearly, before the closed shell muscle scar small, inside the shell top party, closed shell muscle after mark, ovoid, located in the backend back edge. Shell roof inside has two small primary teeth. Ligaments are brown. Coat membrane in a bit of healing, coat with branching tentacles. Backend into flake, front bar. Byssus thick, pale yellow.