Blue mussel

The Blue mussel is widely cultivated and eaten especially in Europe

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Blue mussel

  • Food

    Plankton, algae, unicellular organisms

  • Lifetime

    18 - 24 years

  • Length

    2 - 20 cm

  • Number of eggs

    5,000,000 - 8,000,000 eggs

  • Wear time

    24 hours

  • IUCN Status

    Data deficit

  • EEP?

    No

18-24

years, that's how old the mussel can get

2-20

cm, that's how big the mussel can get

5-8

million eggs, that's how many a clam lays at a time

Stuck

The blue mussel lives in salt water where there is low tide. It attaches itself to a hard surface, such as the rock bottom, a wreck or to another mussel. A mussel attaches itself with strong threads that it makes with proteins from its body. The threads are white and sticky. In seawater, the threads become hard. This is how a mussel stays attached throughout its life.