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Musculus discors (discordant mussel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Musculus discors, or the discord mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Long Island Sound.
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Protected Areas

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

Predators

Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)[1]
Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)[2]
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)[2]
Polysticta stelleri (Steller's Eider)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Prosorhynchus squamatus[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Winter food habits of Barrow's Goldeneyes in southeast Alaska, Philip S. Koehl, Thomas C. Rothe, and Dirk V. Derkson, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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