Musculus (bivalve)
Genus of bivalves
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Musculus is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[2][3]
| Musculus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–present, | |
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| Musculus niger – little black mussel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Subfamily: | Crenellinae |
| Genus: | Musculus Röding, 1798 |
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Species
There are 30 extant species:[2]
- Musculus alganus Laseron, 1956
- Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Musculus calceatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
- Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
- Musculus concinnus (Dunker, 1857)
- Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
- Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
- Musculus cupreus (A. Gould, 1861)
- Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) – discord mussel
- Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
- Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
- Musculus imus (Bartsch, 1915)
- Musculus koreanus Ockelmann, 1983
- Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822) – lateral mussel
- Musculus minutus Scarlato, 1960
- Musculus nana (Dunker, 1857)
- Musculus nanulus Thiele, 1930
- Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824) – little black mussel
- Musculus nipponicus Okutani, 2005
- Musculus panhai Moolenbeek, 2009
- Musculus phenax Dall, 1915
- Musculus pusio (A. Adams, 1862)
- Musculus pygmaeus Glynn, 1964
- Musculus semiradiatus (Verco, 1908)
- Musculus strigatus (Hanley, 1843)
- Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Musculus taylori (Dall, 1897)
- Musculus varicosus (A. Gould, 1861)
- Musculus viator (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Musculus viridulus (H. Adams, 1871)
There are also a large number of species only know from the fossil record,[1][2] including the following:[1]
- †Musculus somaliensis Cox, 1935
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