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Marine Mussel Facts: the "True" Mussels 🦪 Animal Fact Files

The true mussels are also known as marine mussels because they are predominantly found in saltwater; however, some marine mussels live in brackish water, too! Learn more marine mussel facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!   Scientific Name: Family - Mytilidae Range: around the world but prefer temperate waters Habitat: often sessile and benthic (unmoving and living at the bottom of the water column) Size: often harvested at 4 inches (10 cm) but can double this of left alone Diet: phytoplankton filter feeder Threats: sea stars, whelks and other snails, sea birds, etc. Lifespan: often harvested within 2 years but can live for decades 🦪 MORE SHELLFISH FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES 🦪 10 Oyster Facts (You Never Knew) -    • Oysters 🦪 (10 FACTS You NEVER KNEW)   Quahog Facts -    • Quahog facts: the clams of clam chowder | ...   Giant Clam Facts -    • Giant Clam facts: an algae filled blue kis...   ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok -   / animalfactfilesyt   📸 Instagram -   / animalfactfiles   🐦 Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   📚 Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- Marine Mussel VS FRESHWATER MUSSEL 0:00 Marine Mussel HABITAT 0:30 Marine Mussel LIFE CYCLE 1:11 Marine Mussel THREAT 1:55 Marine Mussel DIET and SIZE 2:34 Marine Mussel APPEARANCE 3:15 --- Image and Video Credits: Cawthorn Institute - https://vimeo.com/191094234 DEESTUARY -    • Mussels at Work: A Time Lapse Demonstration   ;    • Birth of Freshwater Mussels   U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -    • Life Cycle of a Freshwater Mussel!   Earth Rocks! -    • Blue Mussel   Aneel Ahmed -    • Echinoderms Sea Star Time lapse  Eating Mu...   UC Berkley -    • Mussels inspire surgical glue invention   SWGMUSSELS -    • Rainbow Mussel (Villosa Iris) Displaying L...   ;    • Rainbow (Villosa Iris) Mussel Lure Display   starmonk -    • Burrowing freshwater mussel   Research Credits: https://neogeneatlas.net/families/myt... https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id16368 https://www.cretaceousatlas.org/famil... https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... https://books.google.com/books?id=YEJ... https://www.purdue.edu/extension/muss... https://oceanconservancy.org/wildlife... https://www.amnh.org/research/center-... http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/blo... https://u.osu.edu/biomuseum/2016/09/0... https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resou... https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/specie... #animalfactfiles #mussel #musselfacts