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Brachidontes modiolus

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Species of bivalve

Brachidontes modiolus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Brachidontes
Species: B. modiolus
Binomial name
Brachidontes modiolus
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Brachidontes modiolus, or the Yellow mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Florida to the West Indies.

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 17.
Taxon identifiers
Brachidontes modiolus
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