''Musculus discors'', or the discord mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the

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. It can be found along the Atlantic coast. In North America it ranges from

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to Long Island Sound, around Alaska and in northern European waters, including around most of the coast of Britain. It is a global

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species, and of national conservation importance within Great Britain.

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discors Molluscs described in 1767 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{bivalve-stub