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Perna viridis, known as the Asian green mussel, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve belonging to the family Mytilidae, or the "true mussels". It is harvested for food but is also known to harbor toxins [ citation needed ] and cause damage to submerged structures such as drainage pipes.
Perna canaliculus, [a] the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand.
Asian date mussels also face predation by humans. The mussel is gathered as food in China, as food for domestic organisms [clarification needed] in Japan, Thailand, and India, as well as bait for fishing throughout Asia. There are currently no commercial or recreational uses for the mussel in the invaded areas.
The Australian freshwater mussel Alathyria condola is highly susceptible to neurotoxin accumulation. After two to three days of exposure to the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis it may contain upwards of 80 micrograms of neurotoxins per 100 grams of mussel, a level high enough to cause significant health risks to humans.
Note that the common names of edible bivalves can be misleading, in that not all species known as "cockles" "oysters", "mussels", etc., are closely related. Ark clams , including: Blood cockle; Senilia senilis; Many species of true mussels, family Mytilidae, including: Blue mussels. Blue mussel; California mussel; Mediterranean mussel; Mytilus ...
Mussels infected by pea crabs are edible, [5] with the New Zealand pea crab infecting between 5.3% to 70% of natural mussel populations. [3] [13] These crabs are of concern to green-lipped mussel aquaculture because they reduce the size and growth of mussels by up to 29%. [4] [13]
broom flower, dyer's broom, dyer's greenwood, dyer's weed, dyer's whin, furze, green broom, greenweed, wood waxen [12] Genista tinctoria [12] Uterotonic properties, [5] nausea vomiting, and diarrhea, [12] contraindicated for pregnancy and breast feeding [12] Buckthorn bark and berry alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula
The European mussel is similar in shape and color to the brown mussel and shares its native habitat on the south-western coast of Africa. [2] The European mussel is also more resistant to human disturbance such as use for baits and consumption. [3] It is out-competing the brown mussel as it is more resistant to certain parasites. The black ...