Musculus (bivalve)
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{For|the taxonomic homonym described by Mörch, 1853|Tellina}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Middle Jurassic–present, {{Fossil range|170.3|0|ref=}}
| image = FMIB 51188 Black Horse Mussel, Modiola nigra.jpeg
| image_caption = Musculus niger – little black mussel
| taxon = Musculus
| authority = Röding, 1798
| synonyms = {{genus list
| Lanistes | Swainson, 1840
| Lanistina | Gray, 1847
| Modiolarca | J. E. Gray, 1842
| Modiolaria | Lovén, 1846
| Ryenella | C. A. Fleming, 1959 }}
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Musculus is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18–19.
Species
There are 30 extant species:
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- Musculus alganus Laseron, 1956
- Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Musculus calceatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
- Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
- Musculus concinnus (Dunker, 1857)
- Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
- Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
- Musculus cupreus (A. Gould, 1861)
- Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) – discord mussel
- Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
- Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
- Musculus imus (Bartsch, 1915)
- Musculus koreanus Ockelmann, 1983
- Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822) – lateral mussel
- Musculus minutus Scarlato, 1960
- Musculus nana (Dunker, 1857)
- Musculus nanulus Thiele, 1930
- Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824) – little black mussel
- Musculus nipponicus Okutani, 2005
- Musculus panhai Moolenbeek, 2009
- Musculus phenax Dall, 1915
- Musculus pusio (A. Adams, 1862)
- Musculus pygmaeus Glynn, 1964
- Musculus semiradiatus (Verco, 1908)
- Musculus strigatus (Hanley, 1843)
- Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Musculus taylori (Dall, 1897)
- Musculus varicosus (A. Gould, 1861)
- Musculus viator (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Musculus viridulus (H. Adams, 1871)
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There are also a large number of species only know from the fossil record, including the following:
- †Musculus somaliensis Cox, 1935
References
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Category:Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding
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