Chilean mussel
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The Chilean mussel[1] or Chilean blue mussel[2] is a species of blue mussel native to the coasts of Chile from Biobío Region (37 ºS) to Cape Horn (55 ºS). Today genomic evidence confirmed that the native Chilean blue mussel is genetically distinct from the Northern Hemisphere M. edulis, M. galloprovincialis and M. trossulus[3] and also genetically different from Mytilus platensis,[4] the other species of smooth shelled mussel from South America.
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Chilean mussel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Mytilus |
Species: | M. platensis |
Binomial name | |
Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 | |
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