Field marks
Umbo set back from the front end; thick periostracum with hair-like growths
- Size
- Large individuals reach 15 cm
- Habitat
- Cold-water; subtidal gravel or rock
- Distribution
- Boreal North Atlantic and North Pacific; northern Yellow Sea in China
- Diet
- Filter feeder
- Counted in
- individuals
- Notes
- Long-lived; individuals can live for decades
Profile compiled from common references; awaiting expert review.
Same family
Other species in Mytilidae
Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
Shell length 6–8 cm
Korean mussel
Mytilus unguiculatus
Shell length up to 14 cm
Observations