Musculus niger, or the black mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.[1][2] It can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.[2] Along the Atlantic coast of North America, it ranges from the Arctic Ocean to North Carolina.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Musculus |
| Species: | M. niger
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| Musculus niger (Gray, 1824)
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References
edit- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2019). "Musculus niger (J.E. Gray, 1824)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2019). "Musculus niger" in SeaLifeBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ 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.
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