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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Mollusks
  4. Bivalves
  5. Mytilida
  6. True Mussels
  7. Mussels

family

Mussels

Mytilidae

Includes
20 native 4 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Crenellinae 7 native
  • Mytilinae 6 native
  • Brachidontinae 5 native
  • Lithophaginae 1 native
  • Mytiliseptinae 1 native
  • Aulacomya
  • Septiferinae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native mussels All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • California Mussel Mytilus californianus 24,163 observations
  • Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis 14,053 observations
  • Bifurcate Mussel Mytilisepta bifurcata 204 observations
  • Curved Datemussel Adula gruneri 54 observations
  • Adams Mussel Brachidontes adamsianus 51 observations

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