horse mussel

English

Noun

horse mussel (plural horse mussels)

Atrina zelandica, a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m depth with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell covered with hollow spines.
Atrina squamifera
Modiolus modiolus
Any species in genus Modiolus

Translations

Atrina zelandica

Maori: waharoa, hururoa, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, kūpā

References

horse mussel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Atrina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Atrina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Atrina at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Atrina zelandica at World Register of Marine Species
Atrina squamifera at World Register of Marine Species

Modiolus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Modiolus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Modiolus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Modiolus modiolus at World Register of Marine Species
Modiolus at World Register of Marine Species

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