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Mytilus edulis   Linnaeus, 1758

Blue mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Spain country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 74416.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poutiers, J.M., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blue mussel, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Bivalvia > Mytilida () > Mytilidae (sea mussels)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 7726).   Temperate, preferred 9°C (Ref. 107945); 89°N - 58°S, 112°E - 61°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumpolar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95344); max. reported age: 24 years (Ref. 8702)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth (intertidal zone) from Ref. 95344.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harvey-Clark, C. 1997. (Ref. 7726)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production, species profile; Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Aquaculture: species profile; Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.4 - 16.1, mean 10.2 (based on 1512 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.05-1.14; tmax=24).
Prior r = 0.54, 95% CL = 0.36 - 0.82, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.