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Mytilidae: Solamen recens (Tate, 1897) (‘recent mussel’)
Synonym(s): recens Tate, 1897.
Typical shell-length 17 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).
Classification
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Mytiloida
Superfamily: Mytiloidea
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Solamen
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