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which is usually worn off except near the growing edge of the shell. The beaks of the shell are often eroded. The shell has coarse radial ribbing and irregular growth lines on the outer surface. The inner surface of the shell is blue and faintly pearly.
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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
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California mussels continue to be harvested as sources of both food and bait up and down the Pacific Coast of North America. The flesh of the California mussel tends to be orange in color. They can be baked, boiled, or fried like other
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during the past 10,000 years, a pattern they attributed to growing human populations and increased predation pressure from human fishing. Hogan (2008) notes more specific archaeological recovery from the
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who lived on the Pacific Coast prior to European contact. On California's Northern Channel Islands, archaeological evidence shows that they were harvested continuously for almost 12,000 years.
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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
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The shell of this species is thick and is often 129 to 130 millimetres (5 to 5 in) in length, sometimes larger still. The shell is blue on the outside with a heavy brown
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has risen since then, making researchers expect an increase in aragonite. However it was the opposite - showing that the deciding factor in
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in any given locality, California mussels may contain harmful levels of the toxins which can cause
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A Review of California Mussel ("Mytilus californianus") Fisheries Biology and Fisheries Programs
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Where the Wild Things Were: Life, death and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators
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Bullard, Elizabeth M.; Torres, Ivan; Ren, Tianqi; Graeve, Olivia A.; Roy, Kaustuv (2021-01-11).
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Human Impacts on Ancient Shellfish: A 10,000 Year Record from San Miguel Island, California.
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Like other mytilids, the animal is attached to the substrate with a very strong and elastic
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et al. (2008) documented a decline in the average size of harvested California mussels on
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While these mussels are usually edible, care needs to be taken, because during times of
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Erlandson, Jon M., T. C. Rick, T. J. Braje, A. Steinberg, & R.L.Vellanoweth. 2008.
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on the open coast, where they are exposed to the strong action of the surf.
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conditions found on open rocky coasts. However, they do not
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California mussels were an important food source for the
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Large California mussel beds, north Moonstone beach near
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Index

Mytilus californianus

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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Mytilida
Mytilidae
Mytilus
Binomial name
Conrad

Cambria, California
Gloiopeltis furcata
intertidal zones
mussel
marine
bivalve
mollusk
Mytilidae
North America
Mexico
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
intertidal zone
periostracum
byssus
carbonates

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