Atrate Mussel

Vignadula atrata

• Group: Other

A tiny mussel that lives higher up the shore than any other, clinging by tough byssal threads to rocks in the splash zone of estuaries and sheltered coasts. It rides out long hours out of water, opening to feed only when the tide returns.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Mytilida › Modiolidae › Vignadula

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1582158.