Biology:Crenella faba

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Crenella faba
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Crenella
Species:
C. faba
Binomial name
Crenella faba
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Arvella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • O. F. Müller, 1776 Mytilus faba

Crenella faba, or the Little bean mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.[1] It can be found along the north Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Nova Scotia.[2]

References

  1. Auffenberg, Kurt (2022). "Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156763. 
  2. Abbott, R.T.; Morris, P.A. (1995). A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 19. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3016951 entry