Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus edulis
Blue Mussel
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Mytilida
Family:
Mytilidae
ANSP 320880
Shell Information
Length (mm): 80
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Greenland to South Carolina
Depth (m):
200 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Intertidal Zone
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140480 on 2021-06-10
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (214). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/1.116/j.ecoinf.214.8.5.