[1] This species is heavily exploited as a food item via mariculture in Korea[2] and in China.

This species occurs in the coasts of the subtropical western Pacific Ocean, inhabiting temperate areas along the coastal waters of China, Japan, Korea, and the Far East of Russia.

[3] This mussel generally inhabits the upper part of the sublittoral zone.

[3] M. unguiculatus has also been found on debris near Vancouver Island, suspected to be from the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami.

[5] A chromosome-level genome of the hard-shelled mussel has been sequenced, with 14 chromosomes making up a total genome length of 1.57 Gb.