Mussels

Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758

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Bivalvia (Mussels) is a class of molluscs. There are 10825 species of Mussels, in 1686 genera and 160 families.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

cultivated in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/cultivated_in
- Definition: This organism is cultivated (populations grown with the aid of human effort or technology) in the following region(s)
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Portugal
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2264397
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known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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9000
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Georgia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/614540
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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canal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000014
- Definition: Artificial watercourse with no flow or a controlled flow used for navigation, drainage or irrigation.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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South Korea
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1835841
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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2000

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of mussels. View this species on GBIF

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Mussel Habitats

The environments in which many mussels species are known to live. Select an environment to see its mussels species checklist.

mussels Habitats

The environments in which many mussels species are known to live. Select an environment to see its mussels species checklist.

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