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fat horsemussel

Modiolus capax

Classification

Family
Mytilidae

Modiolus capax, common name fat horsemussel, is a species of "horse mussel", a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. It was first described to science by American malacologist Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1837. The type specimen was collected in San Diego by Thomas Nuttall.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 101Mexico · 82