Axe Head Mussel, Pygmy Mussel, Little brown mussel

Xenostrobus securis

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae

Xenostrobus is a genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Xenostrobinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Species † Xenostrobus altijugatus (Marwick, 1931) Xenostrobus balani Ockelmann, 1983 Xenostrobus huttoni (Suter, 1914) Xenostrobus inconstans (Dunker, 1856) Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819) Xenostrobus sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903) Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819) Synonyms Xenostrobus atrata [sic]: synonym of Xenostrobus atratus (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871)…

Distribution

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Axe Head Mussel, Pygmy Mussel, Little brown mussel

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