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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Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- from crevice on lowershore 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- from crevice on lowershore 2

Specimen above found in a crevice in a gulley on the extreme lowershore at Westward Ho!, Devon, 13.04.17.

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- shell valve exterior 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- shell valve interior 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- amongst Common Mussel 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- amongst Common Mussel 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- amongst Common Mussel 2

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- from amongst Mussels 1

Bearded horse mussel
Modiolus barbatus
- attached to oyster 1

Image of species taken on the mussel spit off Point Field at Churchtown Farm, Saltash, Cornwall. 26.02.09; also at Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 13.10.11. Also of shells from shells in a private collection in Cornwal. 23.05.12.

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.