horse mussel

horse mussel

English

Noun

horse mussel (plural horse mussels)

1. Atrina zelandica, a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m depth with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell covered with hollow spines.
2. Atrina squamifera
3. Modiolus modiolus
4. Any species in genus Modiolus

Translations

Atrina zelandica

Irish: (please verify) diúilicín capaill m Maori: waharoa, hururoa, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, kūpā

References

• horse mussel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Atrina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Atrina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atrina at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Atrina zelandica at World Register of Marine Species
• Atrina squamifera at World Register of Marine Species

• Modiolus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Modiolus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Modiolus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Modiolus modiolus at World Register of Marine Species
• Modiolus at World Register of Marine Species