Taxonomic Details for Geukensia demissa
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
Superphylum | Lophozoa |
Phylum | Mollusca |
Class | Bivalvia |
Subclass | Pteriomorphia |
Order | Mytiloida |
Family | Mytilidae |
Genus | Geukensia |
Species | Geukensia demissa |
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Common Name: |
ribbed mussel, ribbed-mussel |
Authority: |
(Dillwyn, 1817) |
ITIS TSN: |
79555 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
INV-GCEM-2404 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2023)
INV-GCEM-2307 (Mollusc population abundance monitoring: Fall 2022 mid-marsh and creekbank infaunal and epifaunal mollusc abundance based on collections from GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2307a (Mollusc population size distribution monitoring: Fall 2022 mid-marsh and creekbank infaunal and epifaunal mollusc size distributions based on collections from GCE marsh monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2304 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2022)
INV-GCEM-2204 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2021)
(view all 64 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |
Geukensia demissa at the GCE4
Geukensia clump Sapelo Island 2016. Photo Steven Pennings
Clump of Geukensia that have all died following a hot summer, Sapelo Island 2016. Photo Steven Pennings
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