Musculus niger

Musculus niger, or the black mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.[1][2] It can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.[2] Along the Atlantic coast of North America, it ranges from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina.[3]

Musculus niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Musculus
Species:
M. niger
Binomial name
Musculus niger
(Gray, 1824)

References

  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2019). "Musculus niger (J.E. Gray, 1824)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2019). "Musculus niger" in SeaLifeBase. February 2019 version.
  3. 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.
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