Byssus, mantle and oviduct of the Mytilus Small 320×252 Medium 640×504 Large 1024×806 Download Tiff Original 2400×1890 | (1.0 MB) Description Organization of the mussel. Keywords Mollis, Mollusca, mussels, poor man's oyster, sea shells Galleries Clams and Other Bivalves Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)