Biology:Musculus discors

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Musculus discors
Crenella discors (Sowerby).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Musculus
Species:
M. discors
Binomial name
Musculus discors
(Linnaeus, 12th edition of Systema Naturae, 1767)

Musculus discors, or the discord mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast. In North America it ranges from Labrador to Long Island Sound,[1] around Alaska and in northern European waters, including around most of the coast of Britain.[2] It is a global IUCN Red List species, and of national conservation importance within Great Britain.[3]

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.
  2. "Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/species/5188853. Retrieved 20 February 2017. 
  3. "Green crenella (Musculus discors)". The Marine Life Information Network. http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1645. Retrieved 20 February 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3014560 entry