Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
Widely distributed on all coasts except from Scandinavia to Western Africa, here from the low intertidal to the outer shelf.
The mussle is a deep burrower in fine sand, coarse sand, sandy mud, silty sand and shell-gravel.
The mussle occurs in a depth range 0 - 270 meters.
Synonyms:
Arctoe nitidissima Risso, 1826
Arctoe parckinsonia Risso, 1826
Artemis modesta Reeve, 1850
Arthemis comta Lovén, 1846
Dosinia lincta (Pulteney, 1799) (synonym)
Dosinia lupinus lincta (Pulteney, 1799)
Venus lincta Pulteney, 1799
Venus lupinus Linnaeus, 1758
Widely distributed on all coasts except from Scandinavia to Western Africa, here from the low intertidal to the outer shelf.
The mussle is a deep burrower in fine sand, coarse sand, sandy mud, silty sand and shell-gravel.
The mussle occurs in a depth range 0 - 270 meters.
Synonyms:
Arctoe nitidissima Risso, 1826
Arctoe parckinsonia Risso, 1826
Artemis modesta Reeve, 1850
Arthemis comta Lovén, 1846
Dosinia lincta (Pulteney, 1799) (synonym)
Dosinia lupinus lincta (Pulteney, 1799)
Venus lincta Pulteney, 1799
Venus lupinus Linnaeus, 1758
