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Atlantic Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa. Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, Brooklyn, NY.
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photos of collected seashells were taken on 1/13/2017
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base of reeds
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A saltwater mussel.
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Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa. Small beach off far end of trail at Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, Brooklyn, NY. Geukensia demissa is of course an abundant and characteristic salt marsh species associated with Spartina alterniflora.
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Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa. Small beach off far end of trail at Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, Brooklyn, NY. Geukensia demissa is of course an abundant and characteristic salt marsh species associated with Spartina alterniflora.
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packed around reed roots, green with algae
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Atlantic Ribbed Mussel (Geukensia demissa). Off trail at Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, Brooklyn, NY. Shore at far end of trail, mussels attached as usual to Spartina alterniflora roots/rhizomes.