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Aulacomya atra

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33: 46: 549: 257:. In Southern Africa the species grows up to 90 mm in length. It usually lives in crowded intertidal beds. Individual animals have brown ribbed shells, which darken to black with age. 472: 590: 433: 485: 624: 614: 335: 524: 477: 285: 308: 32: 459: 583: 412: 407: 394: 619: 45: 529: 279: 245:
and Argentina. It is also found on the coasts of New Zealand and southern Africa, from Namibia to
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is native in South America - in Peru, Chile (where it grows up to 170 mm in length), the
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Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005):
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Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa
315:Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Accessed 2012 601: 229:is also used of the Northern Hemisphere mussel 225:, the true mussels. Note that the common name 584: 591: 577: 31: 274: 272: 270: 602: 323: 321: 298: 296: 294: 361: 360: 543: 267: 348:Marine Life on South African Shores 318: 291: 13: 14: 641: 547: 286:World Register of Marine Species 44: 278:Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). 340: 1: 260: 563:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 646: 625:Molluscs described in 1782 542: 615:Molluscs of South America 369: 168: 161: 146: 139: 41:Scientific classification 39: 30: 23: 288:. Accessed on 2012-4-17 559:-related article is a 512:Paleobiology Database 350:Balkema, Cape Town 311:2019-03-06 at the 189:, called also the 16:Species of bivalve 620:Molluscs of Chile 572: 571: 540: 539: 499:Open Tree of Life 363:Taxon identifiers 232:Geukensia demissa 182: 181: 176: 637: 593: 586: 579: 551: 544: 533: 532: 520: 519: 507: 506: 494: 493: 481: 480: 468: 467: 465:NHMSYS0020954872 455: 454: 442: 441: 429: 428: 416: 415: 403: 402: 390: 389: 388: 358: 357: 351: 346:Day, J.H. 1969. 344: 338: 325: 316: 303:Magellan mussel 300: 289: 276: 243:Falkland Islands 197:, is a southern 174: 172:Mytilus crenatus 152: 49: 48: 35: 21: 20: 645: 644: 640: 639: 638: 636: 635: 634: 600: 599: 598: 597: 541: 536: 528: 523: 515: 510: 502: 497: 489: 484: 476: 471: 463: 458: 450: 445: 437: 432: 424: 419: 411: 406: 398: 393: 384: 383: 378: 365: 355: 354: 345: 341: 326: 319: 313:Wayback Machine 301: 292: 283:(Molina, 1782). 277: 268: 263: 191:Magellan mussel 157: 154: 148: 135: 43: 17: 12: 11: 5: 643: 633: 632: 627: 622: 617: 612: 596: 595: 588: 581: 573: 570: 569: 552: 538: 537: 535: 534: 521: 508: 495: 482: 469: 456: 443: 430: 417: 404: 400:Aulacomya_atra 391: 375: 373: 371:Aulacomya atra 367: 366: 353: 352: 339: 317: 305:Aulacomya ater 290: 281:Aulacomya atra 265: 264: 262: 259: 239:Aulacomya atra 186:Aulacomya atra 180: 179: 178: 177: 166: 165: 159: 158: 156:(Molina, 1782) 155: 150:Aulacomya atra 144: 143: 137: 136: 129: 127: 123: 122: 115: 111: 110: 105: 101: 100: 95: 91: 90: 85: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 65: 61: 60: 55: 51: 50: 37: 36: 28: 27: 25:Aulacomya atra 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 642: 631: 630:Bivalve stubs 628: 626: 623: 621: 618: 616: 613: 611: 608: 607: 605: 594: 589: 587: 582: 580: 575: 574: 568: 566: 562: 558: 553: 550: 546: 545: 531: 526: 522: 518: 513: 509: 505: 500: 496: 492: 487: 483: 479: 474: 470: 466: 461: 457: 453: 448: 444: 440: 435: 431: 427: 422: 418: 414: 409: 405: 401: 396: 392: 387: 381: 377: 376: 374: 372: 368: 364: 359: 349: 343: 337: 336:0-86486-672-0 333: 330: 324: 322: 314: 310: 307: 306: 299: 297: 295: 287: 284: 282: 275: 273: 271: 266: 258: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 234: 233: 228: 227:ribbed mussel 224: 221: 217: 214: 211: 207: 204: 200: 196: 195:ribbed mussel 192: 188: 187: 175:Lamarck, 1819 173: 170: 169: 167: 164: 160: 153: 151: 145: 142: 141:Binomial name 138: 134: 133: 128: 125: 124: 121: 120: 116: 113: 112: 109: 106: 103: 102: 99: 96: 93: 92: 89: 86: 83: 82: 79: 76: 73: 72: 69: 66: 63: 62: 59: 56: 53: 52: 47: 42: 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 565:expanding it 554: 370: 347: 342: 328: 304: 280: 238: 237: 230: 226: 194: 190: 185: 184: 183: 171: 149: 147: 132:A. atra 131: 130: 118: 24: 18: 447:iNaturalist 251:Moray Firth 247:Port Alfred 604:Categories 261:References 201:of edible 610:Mytilidae 557:Mytilidae 223:Mytilidae 203:saltwater 126:Species: 119:Aulacomya 108:Mytilidae 64:Kingdom: 58:Eukaryota 386:Q3017020 380:Wikidata 309:Archived 255:Scotland 163:Synonyms 104:Family: 98:Mytilida 88:Bivalvia 78:Mollusca 74:Phylum: 68:Animalia 54:Domain: 439:5188832 218:in the 216:mollusk 213:bivalve 199:species 193:or the 114:Genus: 94:Order: 84:Class: 530:505963 517:293692 504:150626 491:505963 478:373637 452:652152 413:528048 334:  220:family 210:marine 206:mussel 555:This 525:WoRMS 561:stub 486:OBIS 473:NCBI 434:GBIF 426:JQZD 408:BOLD 332:ISBN 208:, a 460:NBN 421:CoL 395:AFD 606:: 527:: 514:: 501:: 488:: 475:: 462:: 449:: 436:: 423:: 410:: 397:: 382:: 320:^ 293:^ 269:^ 253:, 235:. 592:e 585:t 578:v 567:.

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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Mytilida
Mytilidae
Aulacomya
Binomial name
Synonyms
species
saltwater
mussel
marine
bivalve
mollusk
family
Mytilidae
Geukensia demissa
Falkland Islands
Port Alfred
Moray Firth
Scotland



Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782).
World Register of Marine Species

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