Hairy or Brown Mussel. Shells quite fragile. Periostracum with it's hairy 'beard' is rapidly lost in the sun on shore, under which is a chalky white shell often with hints of pink
Hairy or Brown Mussel. Shells quite fragile. Periostracum with it's hairy 'beard' is rapidly lost in the sun on shore, under which is a chalky white shell often with hints of pink
New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel Co., Coromandel Peninsula, Kereta, by fishing, collected 1972, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker