Section through a mussel shell, light micrograph. Mussels are shelled bivalve molluscs found in the sea. The bivalve shell consists of calcium carbona

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Section through a mussel shell, light micrograph. Mussels are shelled bivalve molluscs found in the sea. The bivalve shell consists of calcium carbonate embedded in an organic matrix.

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