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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.
Mytilopsis sallei, the black-striped mussel, is a small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae, the false mussels. It is closely related and ecologically similar to the zebra mussel , Dreissena polymorpha .
Black mussel is a common name for several mussels and may refer to: Choromytilus meridionalis, native to southern Africa; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Mytilus trossulus, native to the north Pacific, Arctic, and north Atlantic oceans
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The reason mussels live in such large colonies (also called banks) is because it gives the males a much greater chance of fertilizing eggs. After the larvae have developed freely floating as plankton for about four weeks, they attach themselves to stones, stakes, shill, sand and other mussels with byssus threads.
Geukensia demissa is a species of mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels.This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. The common names for this species include ribbed mussel, Atlantic ribbed marsh mussel and ribbed horsemussel. [1]
Mytilida is an order of marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as true mussels. [1] There is one extant superfamily, the Mytiloidea , with a single extant family, the Mytilidae . Species in the order Mytilida are found worldwide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the ...
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