Mytella guyanensis

Mytella guyanensis
	Two shells of Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Mytella
Species:	M. guyanensis
Binomial name
	Mytella guyanensis; J.B.P.A. Lamarck
Synonyms
	Modiolus bicolor J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819; Mytella bicolor J.G. Bruguière, 1792; Modiola bicolor J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819; Modiolus brasiliensis S.C.T. Hanley, 1843; Mytella brasiliensis J.E. Gray, 1825; Modiola brasiliensis J.E. Gray, 1825; Modiola brasiliensis mutabilis P.P. Carpenter, 1857; Mytella guyanaensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819; Modiola semifusca G.B. I Sowerby, 1825; Modiolus sinuosa King, 1832; Modiola sinuosa P.P. King & W.J. Broderip, 1832; Modiola subfuscata S. Clessin, 1887; Mytilus umbonata H.E. Anton, 1838; Mytella umbonata H.E. Anton, 1838;

Mytella guyanensis is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[1][2][3][4]

Description

Shells of this species can reach a length of 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).[2]

This species is present in Mexico, Brasil, Costa Rica, Australia, Tasmania, Macquarie Island, Jamaica, Panama, Peru and South Carolina.[2]

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