Biology:Mytella guyanensis

Short description: Species of bivalve

Mytella guyanensis
Two shells of Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Mytella
Species:	M. guyanensis
Binomial name
Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck
Synonyms
Modiolus bicolor J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819 Mytella bicolor J.G. Bruguière, 1792 Modiola bicolor J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819 Modiolus brasiliensis S.C.T. Hanley, 1843 Mytella brasiliensis J.E. Gray, 1825 Modiola brasiliensis J.E. Gray, 1825 Modiola brasiliensis mutabilis P.P. Carpenter, 1857 Mytella guyanaensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819 Modiola semifusca G.B. I Sowerby, 1825 Modiolus sinuosa King, 1832 Modiola sinuosa P.P. King & W.J. Broderip, 1832 Modiola subfuscata S. Clessin, 1887 Mytilus umbonata H.E. Anton, 1838 Mytella umbonata H.E. Anton, 1838

Mytella guyanensis is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.

Description

Shells of this species can reach a length of 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).

Distribution

This species is present in Mexico, Brasil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Australia, Tasmania, Macquarie Island, Jamaica, Panama, Peru and South Carolina.

References

• Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
• The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

Wikidata ☰ Q13871658 entry