abstract:The purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
A prodigiousburstofstarformationgivesN11, also known as the BeanNebula, distinctivepinkandpurpleshadings in a HubbleSpaceTelescopepicturereleasedJune22.
Indeed, if I were to describe the sugar, corn syrup and pectin lozenge that, above all others, might conjure Proustian memories of childhood Easters, it would be the purple jelly bean.