The Mussel of the Month is the regular blog of the MUSSEL Project. Each month, a new freshwater mussel (or other bivalve) is highlighted, and we take the opportunity to share info-tainment about the evolution and taxonomy of freshwater bivalves and the resources available on this web site.
The July 2026 Mussel of the Month is Iridea granosa by Daniel Graf
A new genus in the Family Hyriidae, but the hyriid phylogeny still has some fuzzy edges
