Mytella strigata
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Mytella strigata is a bivalve, commonly known as the charru mussel or charrua mussel.[2] This species was described by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley based on a specimen from the Philippines.[1] It was found in Central and South America and by Alcide d'Orbigny, a French naturalist, in 1842, where it was assigned the synonym Mytilus charruanus.[3][4] They are less than an inch long (2.5 cm), and range from brown to black in color.[5][6]
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Mytella strigata | |
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Mytella strigata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Mytella |
Species: | M. strigata |
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Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) | |
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