Crenella faba
Appearance
Crenella faba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Crenella |
Species: | C. faba
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Binomial name | |
Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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Crenella faba, or the little bean mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the north Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Nova Scotia.[1]
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. 19.