southern ribbed-mussel

Geukensia granosissima

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae

Geukensia granosissima, common name the southern ribbed mussel, is a species of saltwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Distribution This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Southern ribbed mussels are found in the Florida Keys, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 160

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Eamon Corbett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionGeukensia granosissima, Wikipedia contributors

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