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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-2407 (Mollusc population abundance monitoring: Fall 2023 mid-marsh and creekbank infaunal and epifaunal mollusc abundance based on collections from GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2407a (Mollusc population size distribution monitoring: Fall 2023 mid-marsh and creekbank infaunal and epifaunal mollusc size distributions based on collections from GCE marsh monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2504 (Yearly survey of barnacle settlement near creekbank plots at GCE LTER study sites in October 2024)
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)
(view all 67 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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