Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Africa-Inland Waters [1] America, North - Inland waters [2] America, South - Inland waters [3] Asia - Inland waters [4] Europe - Inland waters [5] Oceania - Inland waters [6] Former USSR - Inland waters [7] Antarctica - Inland waters [8] Arctic Ocean [18] Atlantic, Northwest [21] Atlantic, Northeast [27] Atlantic, Western Central [31] Atlantic, Eastern Central [34] Mediterranean and Black Sea [37] Atlantic, Southwest [41] Atlantic, Southeast [47] Atlantic, Antarctic [48] Indian Ocean, Western [51] Indian Ocean, Eastern [57] Indian Ocean, Antarctic [58] Pacific, Northwest [61] Pacific, Northeast [67] Pacific, Western Central [71] Pacific, Eastern Central [77] Pacific, Southwest [81] Pacific, Southeast [87] Pacific, Antarctic [88] All areas (World total) [99]
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Cayman Islands Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Island Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (FR) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten (NL) Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States (contiguous states) Venezuela Virgin Islands (UK) Virgin Islands (US)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Amygdalum dendriticum Western Atlantic
Amygdalum papyrium Atlantic papermussel
Western Atlantic.
2.2 DL
Amygdalum politum Polished papermussel
Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
4.2 SHL
Amygdalum sagittatum Arrow papermussel
Western Atlantic.
2.1 DL
Arcuatula senhousia Green mussel
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
4 TL
Arvella faba Bean Crenella
Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
1.8 DL
Bathymodiolus childressi Western Atlantic.
12.36 DL
Bathymodiolus heckerae Western Atlantic.
16.4 DL
Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis Atlantic Ocean.
Botula fusca Cinnamon mussel
Western Atlantic to Easte
3.96 DL
Brachidontes domingensis Santo domingo mussel
Atlantic Ocean.
Brachidontes exustus Scorched mussel
Atlantic Ocean.
3 DL
Brachidontes modiolus Yellow mussel
USA and Canada. Tropical
Brachidontes semilaevis Southeast Pacific and Wes
Crenella abbotti Western Atlantic.
0.25 DL
Crenella decussata Cross-sculpture Crenella
Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At
Crenella divaricata Spreading-sculpture Crenella
Atlantic Ocean
Crenella fragilis Fragile Crenella
Atlantic Ocean.
2 DL
Crenella gemma Western Atlantic.
0.25 DL
Crenella glandula Glandular Crenella
Atlantic Ocean.
1.1 DL
Crenella pectinula Little-comb Crenella
Atlantic Ocean.
1.6 DL
Crenella skomma Joking Crenella
Atlantic Ocean.
Dacrydium elegantulum Atlantic Ocean.
Dacrydium leucoguttatum Western Atlantic.
0.3 DL
Dacrydium vitreum Arctic glassy-mussel
Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P
Geukensia demissa Ribbed mussel
Western Atlantic and East
12 TL
Geukensia granosissima Southern ribbed-mussel
Western Atlantic.
6.5 DL
Gregariella chenui Chenu mussel
Southeast Pacific and Atl
Gregariella coralliophaga Coral-eating mussel
Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
1.9 DL
Idas macdonaldi Western Atlantic.
1.34 DL
Ischadium recurvum Hooked mussel
Western Atlantic.
4 DL
Lioberus castanea Western Atlantic.
1.5 DL
Lioberus castaneus Chestnut mussel
Western Atlantic.
Lithophaga antillarum Giant datemussel
Atlantic Ocean.
12 DL
Lithophaga aristata Scissor datemussel
Atlantic Ocean and Easte
5.2 SHL
Lithophaga bisulcata Mahogany datemussel
Atlantic Ocean.
4.5 DL
Lithophaga nigra Black datemussel
Eastern Central Pacific a
6.5 DL
Lucina roquesana Western Atlantic.
Modiola carolinensis Western Atlantic.
Modiolus americanus Tulip mussel
Western Atlantic and East
11 TL
Modiolus capax Fat horsemussel
Eastern Pacific and Atlan
Modiolus ficoides Western Atlantic.
5.99 DL
Modiolus modiolus Northern horsemussel
Arctic, northern Atlantic
18 TL
Modiolus squamosus Western Central Atlantic
Musculus discors Discordant mussel
Atlantic Ocean, Northern
5.5 TL
Musculus glacialis Corrugate mussel
Western Atlantic, Eastern
Musculus lateralis Lateral mussel
Atlantic Ocean.
1.2 DL
Musculus niger Black mussel
Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P
5.8 DL
Mytella bicolor Guyana swamp mussel
Eastern Central Pacific a
7 SHL
Mytella charruana Charrua mussel
Eastern Pacific and Weste
5 DL
Mytilus edulis Blue mussel
Circumpolar.
11 SHL
Mytilus trossulus Foolish mussel
Eastern Pacific, Atlantic
9 TL
Perna perna South American rock mussel
Western Indian Ocean, Atl
17 SHL
Perna viridis Asian brown mussel
Indo-Pacific and Western
16.5 SHL
Tamu fisheri Western Atlantic.
5.35 DL