mussel

This single image was used in a mosaic of a mussel bed at Atwater Valley Site 340, where extremely dense mussel populations can be found. Bathymodiolus mussels, small tubeworms and carbonate rocks are common at this site. Image courtesy of Expedition to the Deep Slope.

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