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