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Bean mussel

Dacrydium fabale Hedley, 1904

Status not recordedmolluscs

The bean mussel (Dacrydium fabale) is a species in the family Mytilidae, order Mytilida.

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Quick facts about the bean mussel

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bean mussel live?

Not recorded

Is the bean mussel endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bean mussel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderMytilida
  5. familyMytilidae
  6. genusDacrydium
  7. SpeciesDacrydium fabale Hedley, 1904

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bean mussel

Other species in the same genus Dacrydium.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bean mussel?

The bean mussel (Dacrydium fabale) belongs to the family Mytilidae in the order Mytilida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bean mussel (Dacrydium fabale). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dacrydium-fabale

MLA

“Bean mussel (Dacrydium fabale).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dacrydium-fabale.

BibTeX
@misc{dacrydium_fabale_2026,
  title = {Bean mussel (Dacrydium fabale)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dacrydium-fabale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}