MUSSELS GREEN HALF SHELL FROZEN

This edible clam is sometimes very common on our Northern shores, forming dense clusters on hard surfaces like rocks, pilings, floats. It is well adapted to waters that are murky and sediment laden. It is native in the Asia-Pacific region but has been introduced in the Caribbean, and in the waters around Japan, North America, and South America. It ranges from 80-100mm in length and may occasionally reach 165mm. The smooth periostracum is dark green, becoming increasingly brownish towards its point of attachment where it is lighter. Younger mussels are bright green and that becomes darker as it ages.