Mytilidae
Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915)
Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915)
Aulacomya maoriana is a bivalve species in the Mytilidae family, first validly published by Tom Iredale in 1915.
Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Aulacomya atra is an edible southern species of true mussel, native to South America and found elsewhere, including introduced populations in Scotland.
Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848)
Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848)
Choromytilus meridionalis is a southern African black mussel, a filter feeder threatened by the invasive Mediterranean mussel.
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Septifer bilocularis is a marine bivalve mussel species found in the tropical Indo-Pacific and Australia.
Trichomya hirsuta (Lamarck, 1819)
Trichomya hirsuta (Lamarck, 1819)
Trichomya hirsuta, the hairy mussel, is a shelled marine species found around Australian coasts that forms habitat-providing dense beds on hard surfaces.
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