Mussel attachment geometric models

The provided data includes the geometric model files (in STL format) of fouling mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) attachment. The geometric model of an individual adult mussel was generated in Blender. Considering the size of an individual adult mussel (about 20 mm), a 20 cm × 20 cm plane was selected to place a certain density of mussels. The density of the attachment model was set from 500 ind/m2 to 20,000 ind/m2. The location and orientation of each individual mussel was randomly placed on the plane, and three replicates were provided. Besides, the mussel attachment considered the mussel size distributions based on the sampling data from South China and North China.