Blue mussel
Mytilus edulis
Category: Clams & Mussels
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Mytilida
- Family
- Mytilidae
- Genus
- Mytilus
Where to Find
Found in 31 diving areas across 20 countries and 5 regions.
- Victoria, Australia - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 6754 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 12032 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 1 records
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 104 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 775 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 378 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 1 records
- Ustica, Italy - 1 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 2 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 51 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 15 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 3502 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 1795 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1399 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 634 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 815 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 625 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 679 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 30 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 72 records
- Alaska, United States - 1 records
- Puerto Madryn, Argentina - 3 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records