Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Brachidontinae > Genus Geukensia

Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Geukensia*	Van de Poel, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Modiolus demissus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Mytilus demissus*	Dillwyn, 1817	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: ribbed mussel sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: grand moule striée

Literature

basis of record	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Deaton, L. E. & Kempler, K. D. (1989). Occurrence of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, on the gills of a horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. The Nautilus. 103(1): 42.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Fell, P. E. & Williams, J. H. (1985). Distribution of the snail, Melampus bidentatus and the mussel, Geukensia demissa, along the Pataguanset Estuary (Connecticut) in relation to salinity and other tidal marsh invertebrates. The Nautilus. 99(1): 21-28.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156859