Mussels
Mussels Family Mytilidae
Ribbed mussels
Atlantic ribbed mussels are relatively large with adults grow to about four inches in length. They live in salt marshes and flats along the shoreline of the bay and are tolerate to fluctuation and variations in their environment (temperature and salinity).
They are usually found half-buried in mud or attached to marsh grass roots or other surfaces by strong, thread-like strands secreted from the mussel’s byssus gland.
Blue mussels live in intertidal areas and inlets of Barnegat Bay attached to rocks and other hard substrates by strong (and somewhat elastic) thread-like structures called byssal threads. These are secreted by byssal glands located in the foot of the mussel.
Atlantic Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus
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