Field marks
Large, thick shell; pointed umbo curving slightly ventrally; brownish-black, often fouled
- Size
- Shell length up to 14 cm
- Habitat
- Lower rocky intertidal to subtidal
- Distribution
- Bohai, Yellow and East China Seas
- Diet
- Filter feeder
- Counted in
- individuals
- Notes
- Formerly Mytilus coruscus
Habitats
Easily confused with
References
Profile compiled from common references; awaiting expert review.
Same family
Other species in Mytilidae
Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
Shell length 6–8 cm
Horse mussel
Modiolus modiolus
Large individuals reach 15 cm
Observations