The mussel had been picked up by five-year-old Alastair Thornton from Church Stretton whilst on holiday. His mother, Lynda Thornton said she felt awful when they got home and found the live mussel amongst the sea shells her son had collected.
She contacted an Anglesey website asking for advice to save it.
Mike Roberts who works at the University of Wales, Bangor's school of ocean sciences saw the message and offered to put it back if the mollusc was popped in the post.
The shellfish had been well wrapped for its return to Anglesey in a plastic bag, padded with newspaper and popped into an A5 envelope.
It cost £1 postage to send under the new post office packaging size rules.
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