''Musculus'' is a genus of
mussel
Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, whic ...
s in the family
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 ...
.
[Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18-19.]
Selected species
* ''
Musculus discors''
(Linnaeus, 1767) — discord mussel
* ''
Musculus lateralis''
(Say, 1822) — lateral mussel
* ''
Musculus niger''
(Gray, 1824) — little black mussel
* †''
Musculus somaliensis''
Cox, 1935
References
Bivalve genera
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