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The black mussel is a filter feeder that eats floating scraps of algae and phytoplankton. It is threatened by the invasion of the fast-growing and hardy Mediterranean mussel, which outcompetes it for space. Particulate organic matter is the major food source of many filter-feeding bivalves including C. meridionalis.
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. It is also considered as highly invasive species.
Black mussel is a common name for several mussels and may refer to: Choromytilus meridionalis, native to southern Africa; Mytilus galloprovincialis;
Musculus niger, or the black mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. [1] [2] It can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. [2] Along the Atlantic coast of North America, it ranges from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina. [3]
Black mussel Choromytilus meridionalis (Namibia to Tsitsikamma) [2] [3] Half-hairy mussel Gregariella petagnae (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) [2] [4] Ear mussel Modiolus auriculatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) [2] Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Orange river to Eastern Cape) [2] [3] Brown mussel Perna perna (Cape Point to ...
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Mussel (/ ˈ m ʌ s ə l /) 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, which are often more or less rounded or oval.
A woman in Washington, D.C., may call it one thing. A guy living off a main square in Mexico City might call it another. But a tug of war over referring to the immense body of water off the coast ...