Choromytilus palliopunctatus
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| Choromytilus palliopunctatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Choromytilus |
| Species: | C. palliopunctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Choromytilus palliopunctatus Carpenter, 1857 | |
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Choromytilus palliopunctatus, the pinpricked mussel, is a species of bivalve in the family Mytilidae.[1] The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1857 by Philip Pearsall Carpenter.[2]
