Crenella faba

Crenella faba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Crenella
Species:
C. faba
Binomial name
Crenella faba
Synonyms
  • Arvella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Mytilus faba O. F. Müller, 1776

Crenella faba, or the Little bean mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.[1] It can be found along the north Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Nova Scotia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Auffenberg, Kurt (2022). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Crenella faba (O. F. Müller, 1776)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T.; Morris, P.A. (1995). A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 19.


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