''Geukensia'' is a

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of marine

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

mollusc in the

Mytilidae Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, '' Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 ge ...

family, naturally found in the western Atlantic.

Species

Species within the genus ''Geukensia'' include:''Geukensia'' Van de Poel 1959

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(2012). * '' Geukensia demissa'' (Dillwyn, 1817) - Ribbed mussel * '' Geukensia granosissima'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) - Southern ribbed mussel

References

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