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Mytilus trossulus?
01-10-2013, 05:51 AM,
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Mytilus trossulus?
Hello everybody!

In December I was in Copenhagen, Denmark, and on Amager Strand beach, 5 mins from Copenhagen city centre I found the following Mytilus specimens. I have done some research on the internet (I am not a Mytilus expert) and have found out that in the Copenhagen area Mytilus trossulus or a hybrid between Mytilus trossulus and Mytilus edulis is prevalent. I have taken pictures of all the Mytilus specimens I collected and I really need your help to decide whether they are Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus edulis or what the internet calls Mytilus edulis f. trossulus. I think that some of them are clearly (and based on the images I have found on pages like <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves/browserecord.php?-recid=410">http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk ... -recid=410</a><!-- m -->) are Mytilus trossulus.

Please, can anybody help?

Many thanks!

Emma.

1. Trossulus
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2. not sure
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3. single valves, top view
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4. single valves, first close-up
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5. single valves, second close-up
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6. single valves, third close-up
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7. single valves, fourth close-up
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8. single vales, inside view
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9. Hinges
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10. Other specimens:

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Messages In This Thread
Mytilus trossulus? - by Emma - 01-10-2013, 05:51 AM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by dave r - 01-10-2013, 09:34 AM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by dave r - 01-10-2013, 09:35 AM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by Emma - 01-10-2013, 11:53 PM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by dave r - 01-12-2013, 12:56 PM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by Emma - 01-13-2013, 02:30 AM
Re: Mytilus trossulus? - by dave r - 01-15-2013, 11:37 AM

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