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Chilean mussel

Mytilus platensis

Classification

Family
Mytilidae

The Chilean mussel or Chilean blue mussel, Mytilus chilensis, is a species of blue mussel native to the coasts of Chile from Biobío Region (37 ºS) to Cape Horn (55 ºS). Genomic evidence has confirmed that the native Chilean blue mussel is genetically distinct from the Northern Hemisphere M. edulis, M.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 22Uruguay · 9