Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Adipicola arcuatilis		Southwest Pacific		1995
Adipicola crypta		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Adipicola osseocola		Southwest Pacific		1987
Adipicola pacifica		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Adula californiensis	California datemussel	Northern and Central Paci	6 TL	1847
Adula diegensis	San Diego datemussel	Eastern Pacific.		1911
Adula falcata		Eastern Pacific.		1851
Adula gruneri	Curved datemussel	Eastern Pacific.		1851
Adula schmidtii	Schmidt datemussel	Eastern Pacific.		1867
Amygdalum agglutinans		Northeast Atlantic and th		1835
Amygdalum americanum		Southeast Pacific		1955
Amygdalum dendriticum		Western Atlantic		1811
Amygdalum pallidulum		Western Atlantic		1916
Amygdalum papyrium	Atlantic papermussel	Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1846
Amygdalum peasei		Indo-Pacific.		1870
Amygdalum plumeum		Western Pacific		1971
Amygdalum politum	Polished papermussel	Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	4.2 SHL	1880
Amygdalum sagittatum	Arrow papermussel	Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1934
Amygdalum soyoae		Northwest Pacific		1958
Amygdalum watsoni		Indo-West Pacific.		1885
Arcuatula arcuatula	Arcuate mussel	Indo-West Pacific	5 TL	1843
Arcuatula elegans		Northwest Pacific		1828
Arcuatula japonica		Western Pacific		1857
Arcuatula senhousia	Green mussel	Indo-West Pacific, Northe	4 TL	1842
Arvella faba	Bean Crenella	Arctic and Atlantic Ocean	1.8 DL	1776
Aulacomya ater maoriana		Southwest Pacific		1915
Aulacomya atra	Chilean ribbed mussel	South Pacific, Southern A	9.5 SHL	1782
Aulacomya maoriana		Southwest Pacific		1915
Bathymodiolus aduloides		Northwest Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus antarcticus		Southeast Pacific		2013
Bathymodiolus azoricus		Northeast Atlantic.		1998
Bathymodiolus billschneideri		Northeast Atlantic.		2020
Bathymodiolus boomerang		Western Atlantic.	36 DL	1998
Bathymodiolus brevior		Western Central Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus brooksi		Western Atlantic.	17.1 DL	1998
Bathymodiolus childressi		Western Atlantic.	12.4 DL	1998
Bathymodiolus earlougheri		Western Atlantic.		2020
Bathymodiolus elongatus		Western Central Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus heckerae		Western Atlantic.	16.4 DL	1998
Bathymodiolus japonicus		Northwest Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus manusensis		Southwest Pacific		2007
Bathymodiolus marisindicus		Western Indian Ocean.		2001
Bathymodiolus nancyschneiderae		Western Indian Ocean.		2020
Bathymodiolus platifrons		Northwest Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis		Atlantic Ocean.		1994
Bathymodiolus septemdierum		Northwest Pacific.		1994
Bathymodiolus tangaroa		Western Pacific		2003
Bathymodiolus thermophilus		Pacific Ocean.		1985
Benthomodiolus abyssicola		Northwest Pacific		1970
Benthomodiolus lignocola		Southwest Pacific		1987
Botula alepidosauri		Southwest Pacific
Botula cablei		Southwest Pacific
Botula cinnamomea		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Botula fusca	Cinnamon mussel	Western Atlantic to Easte	4.0 DL	1791
Botula hawaiensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Botula profundiella		Eastern Central Pacific
Botula silicula		Eastern Indian Ocean		1819
Brachidontes adamsianus	Adams mussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1857
Brachidontes blakeanus		Western Atlantic and East	0.8 DL	1914
Brachidontes crebristriatus	Hawaiian mussel	Eastern Central Pacific		1837
Brachidontes darwinianus		Western Atlantic.	3 DL	1846
Brachidontes domingensis	Santo domingo mussel	Atlantic Ocean.		1819
Brachidontes dunkeri		Southeast Pacific and Eas		2015
Brachidontes erosus		Western Central Pacific		1819
Brachidontes exustus	Scorched mussel	Atlantic Ocean.	3 DL	1758
Brachidontes modiolus	Yellow mussel	USA and Canada. Tropical		1767
Brachidontes multiformes		Northeast Atlantic		1855
Brachidontes mutabilis	Mutable mussel	Western Pacific.		1861
Brachidontes pharaonis		Indo-Pacific and the Medi	2.3 TL	1870
Brachidontes rodriguezii		Western Atlantic.	4.6 DL	1846
Brachidontes semilaevis		Southeast Pacific and Wes		1848
Brachidontes setiger		Northwest and Western Cen		1857
Brachidontes setigera		Western Pacific.		1856
Brachidontes sinensis		Western Pacific		1983
Brachidontes solisianus		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1846
Brachidontes striatulus		Western Pacific.		1844
Brachidontes subramosus		Indo-Pacific.		1850
Brachidontes ustulatus		Indo-West Pacific		1819
Brachidontes variabilis	Variable mussel	Indo-West Pacific.		1848
Choromytilus chorus	Choro mussel	Southeast Pacific and Atl	26 SHL	1782
Choromytilus meridionalis		Southeast Atlantic		1848
Choromytilus palliopunctatus	Pinpricked mussel	Eastern Pacific		1857
Crenella abbotti		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1968
Crenella arenaria		Mediterranean Sea		1875
Crenella decussata	Cross-sculpture Crenella	Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At		1808
Crenella divaricata	Spreading-sculpture Crenella	Atlantic Ocean		1842
Crenella fragilis	Fragile Crenella	Atlantic Ocean.	2 DL	1885
Crenella gemma		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1958
Crenella glandula	Glandular Crenella	Atlantic Ocean.	1.1 DL	1834
Crenella leana		Northeast Atlantic		1897
Crenella magellanica		Western Atlantic and East	0.2 DL	2002
Crenella marionensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1885
Crenella pectinula	Little-comb Crenella	Atlantic Ocean.	1.6 DL	1841
Crenella pellucida		Northeast Atlantic and th		1859
Crenella rotundata		Northeast Atlantic		1916
Crenella skomma	Joking Crenella	Atlantic Ocean.		1944
Crenella yokoyamai		Northwest Pacific		1932
Dacrydium abyssorum		Western Atlantic.		1998
Dacrydium albidum		Antarctic Atlantic, South	0.3 DL	1903
Dacrydium alleni		Antarctic Atlantic.		2018
Dacrydium elegantulum		Atlantic Ocean.		1955
Dacrydium hedleyi		Western Atlantic.		1998
Dacrydium hyalinum		Mediterranean Sea.		1875
Dacrydium knudseni		Western Atlantic.		1998
Dacrydium leucoguttatum		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2004
Dacrydium minimum		Western Central Pacific		1992
Dacrydium modioliforme		Antarctica.		1912
Dacrydium nipponicum		Western Indian Ocean.		1975
Dacrydium occidentale		Western Indian Ocean.		1885
Dacrydium ockelmanni		Northeast Atlantic		1977
Dacrydium pacificum	Pacific glassy-mussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1916
Dacrydium panamense		Southeast Pacific		1970
Dacrydium pelseneeri		Southwest Pacific		1906
Dacrydium sandersi		Western Atlantic.		1998
Dacrydium vitreum	Arctic glassy-mussel	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P		1842
Dacrydium wareni		Atlantic Ocean.		1997
Dacrydium zebra		Western Indian Ocean and	0.1 TL	1993
Geukensia demissa	Ribbed mussel	Western Atlantic and East	12 TL	1817
Geukensia granosissima	Southern ribbed-mussel	Western Atlantic.	6.5 DL	1914
Gigantidas gladius		Southwest Pacific		2003
Gigantidas horikoshii		Northwest Pacific.		2005
Gigantidas taiwanensis		Northwest Pacific	5.6 SHL	2008
Gigantidas vrijenhoeki		Western Indian Ocean		2020
Gregariella barbata		Southwest Pacific		1858
Gregariella chenui	Chenu mussel	Southeast Pacific and Atl		1842
Gregariella coarctata	Cancellate mussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1857
Gregariella coralliophaga	Coral-eating mussel	Pacific Ocean and Atlanti	1.9 DL	1791
Gregariella otteri		Eastern Indian Ocean		1939
Gregariella petagnae	Half-hairy mussel	Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1832
Gregariella semigranata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1858
Gregariella splendida		Northwest Pacific		1856
Idas ghisottii		Mediterranean Sea.		1990
Idas japonica		Western Pacific.		1976
Idas lamellosus		Atlantic Ocean.	0.8 DL	1882
Idas macdonaldi		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1998
Idas modiolaeformis		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Idas simpsoni		Mediterranean Sea.		1900
Idas washingtoniana		Southwest Pacific		1978
Idasola argentea		Mediterranean Sea		1876
Ischadium recurvum	Hooked mussel	Western Atlantic.	4 DL	1820
Jolya elongatus		Western Central Pacific		1821
Jolya rhomboidea	Rhomboid mussel	Western Indian Ocean, Eas		1857
Leiosolenus appendiculatus		Western Indian Ocean, Eas		1846
Leiosolenus hanleyanus		Indo-Pacific		1857
Leiosolenus lessepsianus		Southwest Pacific		1865
Leiosolenus nasutus		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Leiosolenus obesus		Indo-Pacific.	7.8 TL	1847
Leiosolenus peruvianus		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Leiosolenus plumula	Feather datemussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1843
Leiosolenus tripartitus		Western Indian Ocean		1894
Limnoperna fortunei	Chinese freshwater mussel	Western Pacific		1856
Lioberus castanea		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1822
Lioberus castaneus	Chestnut mussel	Western Atlantic.		1822
Lioberus ligneus		Indo-West Pacific		1858
Lithophaga antillarum	Giant datemussel	Atlantic Ocean.	12 DL	1853
Lithophaga aristata	Scissor datemussel	Atlantic Ocean and Easte	5.2 SHL	1817
Lithophaga attenuata	Attenuated datemussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1836
Lithophaga bisulcata	Mahogany datemussel	Atlantic Ocean.	4.5 DL	1842
Lithophaga calyculata		Pacific Ocean.		1857
Lithophaga canalifera		Northwest Pacific.		1841
Lithophaga corrugata		Northwest Pacific.		1846
Lithophaga curta	Burrowing datemussel	Western Pacific.		1874
Lithophaga divaricalx		Western Central Pacific		1939
Lithophaga erimitica		Northwest Pacific		1971
Lithophaga laevigata		Central Pacific		1835
Lithophaga levigata		Indo-Pacific.		1835
Lithophaga lima		Indo-West Pacific.		1919
Lithophaga lithophaga	European date mussel	Mediterranean Sea.		1758
Lithophaga lithura		Western Pacific		1905
Lithophaga malacanna		Western and Central Pacif		1857
Lithophaga malaccana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1858
Lithophaga mucronata		Western Pacific		1848
Lithophaga nigra	Black datemussel	Eastern Central Pacific a	6.5 DL	1842
Lithophaga patagonica		Southwest Atlantic	5.6 DL	1846
Lithophaga piulchra		Western Central Pacific		1919
Lithophaga robusta	Rock eater	Indo-Pacific.	3.2 TL	1919
Lithophaga rogersi		Northeast Atlantic		1957
Lithophaga simplex		Western Pacific		1939
Lithophaga straminea		Indo-Pacific.		1857
Lithophaga teres	Cylinder date mussel	Indo-Pacific	7.5 SHL	1846
Lithophaga zitteliana		Northwest Pacific.		1883
Lucina roquesana		Western Atlantic.		1982
Megacrenella columbiana		Western Atlantic.		1897
Megacrenella grisea		Western Atlantic.		1907
Megacrenella sinica		Northwest Pacific		1984
Modiola carolinensis		Western Atlantic.		1837
Modiolarca impacta	Nesting mussel	Southwest Pacific		1782
Modiolarca subpicta		Mediterranean Sea		1835
Modiolatus flavidus		Western Central Pacific		1857
Modiolula phaseolina	Bean horse-mussel	Northeast Atlantic, Medit		1844
Modiolus adriaticus		Northeast Atlantic, Medit	4.8 SHL	1819
Modiolus americanus	Tulip mussel	Western Atlantic and East	11 TL	1815
Modiolus aratus	Furrowed horse mussel	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1857
Modiolus areolatus	Hairy mussel	Southwest Pacific		1850
Modiolus auriculatus	Eared horse mussel	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	7.5 ShL	1848
Modiolus aurum		Southeast Pacific		1979
Modiolus barbatus	Bearded horse mussel	Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	6.6 SHL	1758
Modiolus capax	Fat horsemussel	Eastern Pacific and Atlan		1837
Modiolus carpenteri	California horsemussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1963
Modiolus carvalhoi		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1966
Modiolus cecillei		Western Pacific		1847
Modiolus comptus		Northwest Pacific		1915
Modiolus demissus		Northeast Atlantic and We
Modiolus difficilis		Western Central Pacific		1950
Modiolus eiseni		Northeast Atlantic		1937
Modiolus elongatus	Elongated mussel	Northwest Pacific		1821
Modiolus ficoides		Western Atlantic.	6.0 DL	2001
Modiolus flavidus		Western Pacific.		1882
Modiolus hanleyi		Indo-Pacific	5.1 TL	1882
Modiolus lulat		Mediterranean Sea.		1891
Modiolus martorelli		Mediterranean Sea.		1878
Modiolus matris		Pacific		1921
Modiolus metcalfei	Yellowbanded horse mussel	Indo-West Pacific	8 TL	1843
Modiolus modiolus	Northern horsemussel	Arctic, northern Atlantic	18 TL	1758
Modiolus modulaides		Indo-West Pacific		1798
Modiolus neglectus	Neglected horsemussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1955
Modiolus nipponicus		Northwest Pacific		1950
Modiolus nitens	Shiny mussel	Eastern Atlantic		1857
Modiolus nitidus		Western Pacific		1857
Modiolus patagonicus		Western Atlantic and East	5.2 DL	1846
Modiolus philippinarum	Philippine horse mussel	Indo-Pacific	13 TL	1843
Modiolus plicatus		Indo-West Pacific.		1791
Modiolus rectus	Straight horsemussel	Northern and Central Paci	23 TL	1837
Modiolus sacculifer	Bag horsemussel	Eastern Pacific and North		1953
Modiolus squamosus		Western Central Atlantic		1967
Modiolus vaginus		Pacific Ocean.		1819
Musculista japonica		Western Pacific.		1857
Musculista perfragilis		Northwest Pacific and the		1856
Musculus calceatus		Western Indian Ocean		1907
Musculus chinensis		Indo-Pacific.		1993
Musculus coenobitus		Western Central Pacific		1865
Musculus corrugatus		Northwest Pacific, Atlant		1851
Musculus costulatus		Northeast Atlantic and Me		1826
Musculus cultellus		Northeast Atlantic		1839
Musculus cumingianus		Indo-West Pacific.		1857
Musculus cupreus		Western Pacific.		1861
Musculus discors	Discordant mussel	Atlantic Ocean, Northern	5.5 TL	1767
Musculus glacialis	Corrugate mussel	Western Atlantic, Eastern		1883
Musculus impactus		Indo-West Pacific.		1782
Musculus impressus		Northeast Atlantic		1907
Musculus japonica		Northeast Atlantic
Musculus lacustre		Northeast Atlantic
Musculus lateralis	Lateral mussel	Atlantic Ocean.	1.2 DL	1822
Musculus marmoratus	Spotted mussel	Northwest Pacific, Northw		1838
Musculus mirandus		Western Pacific.		1884
Musculus nanus		Western Pacific.		1856
Musculus nexus		Northwest Pacific		1857
Musculus niger	Black mussel	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	5.8 DL	1824
Musculus olivaceus		Northeast Atlantic		1916
Musculus partumetum		Northeast Atlantic

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Family: Mytilidae sea mussels(See list of species below)

Family: Mytilidae sea mussels

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