Botula

Botula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Botula Morch, 1853

Botula is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1]

Selected species

• Botula fusca (Gmelin, 1791) — cinnamon mussel

References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 20.