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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae sea mussels
Subfamily: Mytilinae
Genus: Mytella

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Freire, Katia de Meirelles Felizo

Eastern Pacific and Weste
Max. Length 5 cm DL
Mytella charruana(d'Orbigny, 1847)

Photo by Freire, Katia de Meirelles Felizo
 
Mytella charruana
[Charrua mussel]
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Mytella maracaibensis
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