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Mussels are vital to marine ecosystems, playing critical roles in recycling nutrients and improving water quality in coastal systems by filtering large volumes of water while feeding, which helps to keep the water clean.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

She has put wallpaper on the ceilings of her residential and commercial projects, including the bathrooms of the recently opened Flex Mussels, a restaurant on the Upper East Side.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Mussels, for example, can survive in polar waters and spread easily, threatening marine life on the seabed.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

Mussels, anemones and brittle stars coat the platform’s thick steel pilings, sea lions frolic between its beams and tens of thousands of fish dart between its supports.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2021

Mussels and crayfish are cooked in the ashes.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)