Black mussel is a common name for several mussels and may refer to:
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Choromytilus meridionalis
''Choromytilus meridionalis'', the black mussel, is a species of bivalve. It is a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are part of the Phylum ''Mollusca'' which is the second-largest phylum of invertebrates with around 85,000 species. In ...
'', native to southern Africa
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Mytilus galloprovincialis
The Mediterranean mussel (''Mytilus galloprovincialis'') is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture.
Systematics
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Mytilus trossulus
''Mytilus trossulus'', the Pacific blue mussel, bay mussel or foolish mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.
''Mytilus trossulus'' is one of the three principal, closely related taxa in the ''Mytilus ed ...
'', native to the north Pacific, Arctic, and north Atlantic oceans
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