Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 is a animal in the Mytilidae family, order Mytilida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Mytilus planulatus is the only native mussel species of Australia, also native to New Zealand, living only in marine saltwater.
Mytilus planulatus is a species of mussel first described by Lamarck in 1819. It is native to both New Zealand and Australia, and it is the only native mussel species found in Australia. This mussel lives exclusively in marine saltwater environments.
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Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915)
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Mytilus trossulus A.Gould, 1850
Arcuatula senhousia (W.H.Benson, 1842)
Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
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