Product name:Blue mussel shells
Description:Cultured blue mussels, or Mytilus edulis, are a bivalve shellfish (an animal with two shells). Blue mussels have smooth, equally-shaped, bluish-black 'D' shaped shells that are linked together on one side by a hinge. The inside of the shell is pearly violet or white. The meat inside the shell can be a creamy colour, pink or orange. Projecting out from between the shells on one side is a bundle of tough, brown fibres called byssal threads, more commonly known as the beard. Mussels use these fibres to anchor themselves to stationary objects.