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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva
José H. Leal
Family Mytilidae
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Brachidontes exustus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Scorched Mussel
Shell size to 25 mm; shell mussel-shaped, trigonal, elongate. Sculpture of hundred or more fine ribs which form minute denticles on inner edge of valves. Color yellowish-brown to dark-brown, inner surface metallic-purple mottled with white.
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