Variable Mussel

Brachidontes variabilis

• Group: Other

A small mussel that anchors itself with tough byssal threads to mangrove roots and oyster covered rocks in the intertidal. It packs into dense beds on sheltered shores and joins the fouling life that crusts mariculture rafts.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Mytilida › Mytilidae › Brachidontes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 216616.