California Mussel
A California Mussel is a Mussel that ...
- See: Intertidal Zone, Timothy Abbott Conrad, Mussel, Marine (Ocean), Bivalve, Mollusc, Mytilidae, North America, Mexico, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_mussel Retrieved:2022-12-7.
- The California mussel (Mytilus californianus) is a large edible mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae.
This species is native to the west coast of North America, occurring from northern Mexico to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. California mussels are found clustered together, often in very large aggregations, on rocks in the upper intertidal zone on the open coast, where they are exposed to the strong action of the surf.
- The California mussel (Mytilus californianus) is a large edible mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae.
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_mussel#Ecology Retrieved:2022-12-7.
- The California mussel prefers the high salinity, low sediment conditions found on open rocky coasts. However, they do not colonize bare rock easily, instead preferring the shelter of pre-existing mussels and their biological filaments. Mussels attach themselves to the hard surfaces using their thread-like byssus.
Given the right circumstances, California mussels can grow up to 200 mm (8 inches) in length and may live for more than 20 years.However, mortality in intertidal open coastal environments is often high, resulting from battering from driftwood and other debris, wave pounding, predation, desiccation, and disease. Predators of California mussels include the Pisaster starfish. They feed on plankton.
- The California mussel prefers the high salinity, low sediment conditions found on open rocky coasts. However, they do not colonize bare rock easily, instead preferring the shelter of pre-existing mussels and their biological filaments. Mussels attach themselves to the hard surfaces using their thread-like byssus.