Amygdalum

Amygdalum is a genus of saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels. ^{[1] [2]}

Amygdalum
Amygdalum politum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Amygdalum Muhlfeld, 1811
Synonyms
Modiella Monterosato, 1884 Modiola (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Modiolus (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 superseded combination Volsella (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Species

Species within the genus Amydalum include:

• Amygdalum americanum T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
• Amygdalum anoxicolum P. G. Oliver, 2001
• Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• † Amygdalum barbatiaeforme (K. Martin, 1916)
• † Amygdalum dolichum (Suter, 1917)
• Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
• Amygdalum pallidulum (Dall, 1916)
• Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)
• Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
• † Amygdalum progoense (K. Martin, 1916)
• Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935)
• Amygdalum soyoae Habe, 1958
• Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
• Amygdalum watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Synonyms

• Amygdalum agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835): synonym of Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
• Amygdalum beddomei Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amygdalum dendriticum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: synonym of Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• Amygdalum frixum Mörch, 1853: synonym of Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798)
• Amygdalum japonica (Dunker, 1857): synonym of Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857) (superseded combination)
• Amygdalum luteum (P. Fischer, 1882): synonym of Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846) — paper mussel: synonym of Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846) (superseded combination)
• Amygdalum plumeum Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)