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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva
José H. Leal
Family Mytilidae
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Ischadium recurvum
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Hooked Mussel
Shell size to 50 mm; shell moderately inflated. Umbonal region strongly curved. Sculpture of numerous, fine radial lines. Color dark-grayish to dark-brown with interspaces between radial sculpture of lighter color. Internally purplish to rosy-brown with narrow light-blue or grayish edge. Living in protected bay areas.
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