Crenella (bivalve)

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Crenella
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 Common name for members of several families of bivalve molluscs

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.

Mytilidae family of molluscs

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

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.

Fossil species

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References

  1. Brown (1827). Ill. Conch. G.B. & I., pl. xxxi, fig 12.
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 19.
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crenella abbotti Altena, 1968. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532679 on 2011-04-05
  4. WoRMS (2010). Crenella adamsiana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216620 on 2011-04-05
  5. Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2010). Crenella arenaria Martin Monterosato, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140438 on 2011-04-05
  6. Gofas, S. (2010). Crenella canariensis (Odhner, 1932). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140439 on 2011-04-05
  7. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella caudiva Olsson, 1961. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506008 on 2011-04-05
  8. Gofas, S. (2011). Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140440 on 2011-04-05
  9. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella divaricata (Orbigny in Sagra, 1853). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506004 on 2011-04-05
  10. WoRMS (2010). Crenella ehrenbergi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216621 on 2011-04-05
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  12. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella gemma Olsson & McGinty, 1958. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506007 on 2011-04-05
  13. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crenella glandula (Totten, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156765 on 2011-04-05
  14. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella magellanica Linse, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387656 on 2011-04-05
  15. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella marionensis E.A. Smith, 1885. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506005 on 2011-04-05
  16. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella minuta Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506009 on 2011-04-05
  17. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crenella pectinula (Gould, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156766 on 2011-04-05
  18. Gofas, S. (2011). Crenella pellucida (Jeffreys, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140441 on 2011-04-05
  19. Huber, M. (2010). Crenella pura E.A. Smith, 1890. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506006 on 2011-04-05
  20. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crenella skomma (McLean & Schwengel, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532680 on 2011-04-05