APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell valve 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell valve 2

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell valve 3

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- front of shell 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell hinge and beaks 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- juvenile 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- juvenile 2

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- Man-overboard marker 1

Two specimens, one a small red juvenile, were found inside a cracked Man-overboard marker, washed-up at Gwithian, Cornwall. 11.02.16. Two Isognomon bicolor and two live Stramonita floridana were also present, along with Columbus crabs and Stalked barnacles, Lepas anatifera and Lepas ansifera.

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell valve 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- shell valves 1

Scorched mussel
Brachidontes exustus
- interior of valve 1

This is a non-native species that have been found in Ireland on flotsam. The specimen above is 17.3mm across and was found under rocks on the low tide mark at Varadero, Cuba, July 2013. Specimens was purchased for displaying here. Images taken 14.01.16.

Scientific and European Names:
Brachidontes exustus, Mytilus exustus and Scorched mussel.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.