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Dear Jr et al.:
The following excerpts chronicle the vagaries of two sessile (hitch-hiking)
bivalves relevant to your inquiries. This text is from a manuscript on the
marine shells of Northeast Florida ("1" means abundant and "5" rare; "HL",
"CL," and "WH" are collectors):
Mytilus edulis Linné, 1758 Blue Mussel [5] 35 mm.
Attached to driftwood, N. end Jacksonville Beach. WH! 10/86. (WH,HL).
Although quite alive, these specimens obviously reached us by adventitious
means. It is quite doubtful the species could survive summer here.
Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1846) Charru Mussel [1 (extirpated)] 25 mm.
In the waterworks of cooling system of electrical plant Northside, near
Blount Is., Jacksonville. HL,CL! 10/86. (HL,CL).
A report of the massive (but temporary) introduction of this South American
species can be found in Lee (1987). It did not survive its first winter here.
Harry
At 05:20 PM 4/22/98 EDT, you wrote:
> Has anyone that lives in Florida ever found a Mytilus edulis? My books say
>it stops at South Carolina. I mean found it in Florida.
> Jr
>
Harry G. Lee
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