Crenella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytiloida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Crenella Brown, 1827 [1] |
Crenella is a genus of bean mussels in the family Mytilidae. [2]
Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are often more or less rounded or oval.
The Mytilidae are a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits brackish or freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 genera.
Species in the genus Crenella include:
Crenella faba, or the little bean mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the north Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Nova Scotia.
Crenella glandula, or the glandular bean 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 North Carolina.
The Clionidae are a family of sea angels, which are a group of pelagic marine gastropods.
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Trimusculus is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Trimusculidae.
Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Cerithiopsidae are a family of very small and minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Gastropods in this family are known as cerithiopsids.
Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks.
Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae. This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus Cymatium.
Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda.
Pendromidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea.
Crepidula, common name the slipper snails, slipper limpets or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula), hat snails (Calyptraea), spiny slipper snails (Bostrycapulus), and cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum) as well as Crepipatella, Siphopatella, Grandicrepidula, and Maoricrypta.
Bittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.
Tjaernoeia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.
Ptychatractidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pseudolivoidea.
Marionia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dendronotid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.
Erginus is a genus of sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae.
Ebala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ebalinae, family Murchisonellidae.
Toledonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Diaphanidae.
Lomanotus is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lomanotidae.
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