This species inhabits the coasts of the subtropical western Pacific Ocean . It is found in the Yellow Sea and the East Sea / Sea of Japan , as far north as the Peter the Great Gulf . This mussel generally inhabits the upper part of the sublittoral zone . '' M. coruscus '' has also been found on debris near Vancouver Island , suspected to be from the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami
2011 Tōhoku tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Mytilus coruscus