Musculus (bivalve)
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Musculus Roding, 1798 |
Musculus is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1]
Selected species
- Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) — discord mussel
- Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822) — lateral mussel
- Musculus niger (Gray, 1824) — little black mussel
- †Musculus somaliensis Cox, 1935
References
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18-19.