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Mytilus chilensis (Chilean mussel)

Synonyms: Mytilus chiloensis; Mytilus edulis chilensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Chilean mussel or Chilean blue mussel is a type of blue mussel native to the coasts of Chile and the Falkland Islands. The taxonomy of Chilean mussel is controversial. It has been attributed either to Mytilus chilensis or Mytilus edulis platensis
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Predators

Acanthina monodon[1]
Anasterias antarctica[2]
Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian Godwit)[3]
Trophon geversianus (Gevers's Trophon)[1]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Gordillo, Sandra, and Fernando Archuby. "Predation by drilling gastropods and asteroids upon mussels in rocky shallow shores of southernmost South America: paleontological implications." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57.3 (2012): 633+. Academic OneFile. Web. 14 July 2014.
♦ 2Feeding ecology of the subantarctic sea star Anasterias minuta within tide pools in Patagonia, Argentina; D.G. Gil & H.E. Zaixso; Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol.) Vol. 56 (Suppl. 3): 311-328, December 2008
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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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