Amygdalum
Amygdalum | |
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Amygdalum politum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Amygdalum Muhlfeld, 1811 |
Amygdalum is a genus of saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Amydalum include:
- Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846) — paper mussel
References
[edit]- ^ 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.