Hairy Three-Area Mussel

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 19 records
February: 21 records
March: 30 records
April: 22 records
May: 24 records
June: 15 records
July: 8 records
August: 8 records
September: 19 records
October: 42 records
November: 23 records
December: 21 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–71 m · Deepest record: 183 m

0–10 m: 31 records
10–20 m: 9 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–27 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 18 records
14–16 °C: 95 records
16–18 °C: 42 records
18–20 °C: 43 records
20–22 °C: 100 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hairy Three-Area Mussel

Other scientific names: Lithodomus barbatus, Lithodomus laniger, Modiolaria arcuata, Modiolaria barbata, Trichomusculus barbatus

Similar species

Asian date mussel
Arcuatula senhousia
Bay mussel
Mytilus edulis
Galician mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis
New Zealand Ribbed Mussel
Aulacomya maoriana
Austromytilus rostratus
Eroded Beaked Mussel
Brachidontes erosus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
622 open-data records from 1874 to 2016.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.