Musculus (bivalve)

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Musculus

Scientific classification
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

1. ↑ 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3804227 entry

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