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Disorder about marine creature disposing of a shellfish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

mussels

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'shellfish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'disorder about marine creature disposing of a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'disorder' could be 'muss' (muss is a kind of disorder) and 'muss' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'els' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mussels that I've seen before include "Shellfish" , "Black marine bivalves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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