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Genetic Structure:

The Charru mussel (mytella charruana) is able to exist in many different conditions.

Intro: Mytella charruana is a bivalve, more commonly known as the Charru Mussel. It is a species of mussel first found on the Caribbean Coast of South America and first described by d’Orbigny in 1842. The species is native to Panama, Argentina, and Venezuela, but also found in Singapore, Eastern & Southern US, and the Philippines. The species is less than an inch long, and black in color.

As A Native Specie: History(If Any) First time in literature d’Orbigny 1842. (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857)

Geography (Where do they reside as non invasive) The indigenous range of the mytilid mytella charruana extends along the eastern coast of south america from venezuela to argentina and in the pacific from sonoma, mexico to el salvador. (Keen 1971, Carlton 1992; Szefer et al. 1998; Boehs et al., 2004)

Climate (Along the Pacific coast of South America) Temperature range Cannot produce bisal threads at or below 10 degrees C (https://stars.library.ucf.edu/urj/vol5/iss1/1/)

Lifecycle

Feeding (feeds on plankton) Predation Pray to: blue crabs,

Economy (What’s the primary source for human use? Consumption?)

As an invasive specie: History of invasion (Basically how it has invaded various locations)

Geography (overview of invaded areas, can be a map/figure) Mytella charruana has invaded the philippines, especially in the manila bay and harbor. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313402788_First_record_of_the_Charru_mussel_Mytella_charruana_d'Orbignyi_1846_Bivalvia_Mytilidae_from_Manila_Bay_Luzon_Philippines ) Climate tolerance (cold tolerance is low, prefers warmer temps.) Salinity Tolerance (High) Impacts Alters ecosystem (plankton abundance) Economy (Does it have any degrading effects?)

We can try to fit these anywhere in the paper (whichever place makes the most sense): Ecology, Diet, natural predators, morphology, lifecycle

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