Amygdalum

Amygdalum is a genus of saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels.

==Species== Species within the genus Amydalum include: Amygdalum americanum T. Soot-Ryen, 1955 Amygdalum anoxicolum P. G. Oliver, 2001 Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) † Amygdalum barbatiaeforme (K. Martin, 1916) † Amygdalum dolichum (Suter, 1917) Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) Amygdalum pallidulum (Dall, 1916) Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870) Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) † Amygdalum progoense (K. Martin, 1916) Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935) Amygdalum soyoae Habe, 1958 Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873) Amygdalum watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885) Synonyms: Amygdalum agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835): synonym of Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835) Amygdalum beddomei Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (junior subjective synonym) Amygdalum dendriticum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811: synonym of Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Amygdalum frixum Mörch, 1853: synonym of Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798) Amygdalum japonica (Dunker, 1857): synonym of Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857) (superseded combination) Amygdalum luteum (P. Fischer, 1882): synonym of Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) (junior subjective synonym) Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846) — paper mussel: synonym of Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846) (superseded combination) Amygdalum plumeum Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)