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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Mytilidae (81 species)

Bathymodiolinae (7 species)

Bathymodiolus azoricus Cosel & Comtet, 1999
Bathymodiolus boomerang Cosel & Olu, 1998
Bathymodiolus brooksi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
Bathymodiolus childressi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
Tamu fisheri Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
Bathymodiolus heckerae Turner, Gustafson, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis Cosel, Metivier & Hashimoto, 1994

Crenellinae (21 species)

Lioberus castanea (Say, 1822)
Crenella magellanica Linse, 2002
Musculus niger (Gray, 1824)
Crenella pectinula (Gould, 1841)
Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832) [Extralimital]
Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842) [Introduced]
Crenella skomma (McLean & Schwengel, 1944)
Modiolarca subpicta (Cantraine, 1835) [Extralimital?]
Musculus viator (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
Crenella gemma Olsson & McGinty, 1958
Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)
Gregariella coarctata (Carpenter, 1856) [Extralimital]
Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808)
Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Crenella glandula (Totten, 1834)
Crenella fragilis A. E. Verrill, 1885
Crenella abbotti Altena, 1968

Lithophaginae (5 species)

Lithophaga bisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Lithophaga patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1853)

Modiolinae (28 species)

Modiola carolinensis Conrad, 1837 [Dubious name]
Dacrydium ockelmanni Mattson & Warén, 1977
Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846)
Modiolus patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Amygdalum politum (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935)
Dacrydium sandersi Allen, 1998
Modiolus squamosus Beauperthuy, 1967
Dacrydium wareni Salas & Gofas, 1997
Dacrydium vitreum (Möller, 1842)
Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876 [Extralimital]
Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
Dacrydium albidum Pelseneer, 1903
Dacrydium occidentale E. A. Smith, 1885
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modiolus carvalhoi Klappenbach, 1966
Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Amygdalum dendriticum Muhlfeld, 1811
Geukensia granosissima (Sowerby III, 1914)
Modiolus ficoides Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Botula fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
Dacrydium hedleyi Allen, 1998
Dacrydium elegantulum hendersoni Salas & Gofas, 1997
Dacrydium knudseni Allen, 1998
Idas lamellosus A. E. Verrill, 1882
Dacrydium leucoguttatum van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2004
Idas macdonaldi Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
Dacrydium abyssorum Allen, 1998

Mytilinae (20 species)

Brachidontes blakeanus Melvill & Standen, 1914
Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Brachidontes solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850
Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) [Introduced]
Mytilus antarcticus D. H. Barnes, 1823 [Not available]
Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967
Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)


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