Musculus niger

Musculus niger
Musculus niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytiloida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Musculus
Species: M. niger
Binomial name
Musculus niger
(Gray, 1824)

Musculus niger, or the little black mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 19.