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Musculus niger (black mussel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Musculus niger, or the little black mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fehmarnbelt 69170 Germany  

Predators

Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[1]
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0