name: Blue Mussel

flavor_db_name_variants: blue mussel

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Blue mussel

id: 304

name_scientific: Mytilus edulis

description: The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Blue mussels are subject to commercial use and intense aquaculture.

itis_id: 79454

wikipedia_id: Blue mussel

picture_file_name: 307.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 126578

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:13.000Z

legacy_id: 334

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Mollusks

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:31.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 6550

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00304