''Geukensia'' is a

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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in the

Mytilidae Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 gen ...

family, naturally found in the western Atlantic.

Species

Species within the genus ''Geukensia'' include:''Geukensia'' Van de Poel 1959

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(2012). * ''

Geukensia demissa ''Geukensia demissa'' is a species of mussel, a marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels. This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. The common names for this species include ribbed mus ...

'' (Dillwyn, 1817) - Ribbed mussel * ''

Geukensia granosissima ''Geukensia granosissima'', common name the southern ribbed mussel, is a species of saltwater mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. Distribution This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Sout ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) - Southern ribbed mussel

References

Mytilidae {{Mytilidae-stub