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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-fan-mussel/" title="The Fan Mussel" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fm1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="fan mussel" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fm1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fm1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fm1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The fan mussel is among not only the largest, but the rarest of the bivalve molluscs in the Atlantic Ocean. They can be found off the coast the northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and around the British Isles down to Mauritania. They face the threats of bottom trawling and [&#x2026;]</p>
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