Musculus (bivalve)

Musculus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–present, 170.3–0 Ma
Musculus niger – little black mussel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Subfamily: Crenellinae
Genus: Musculus
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Lanistes Swainson, 1840
  • Lanistina Gray, 1847
  • Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842
  • Modiolaria Lovén, 1846
  • Ryenella C. A. Fleming, 1959

Musculus is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.

Species

There are 30 extant species:

There are also a large number of species only know from the fossil record, including the following:

Bivalve shells
Musculus subpictus

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Musculus Roding 1798". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Musculus Röding, 1798". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18–19.