Family Mytilidae
Ischadium recurvum
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Hooked Mussel
Shell size to 50 mm; shell moderately inflated. Umbonal region strongly curved. Sculpture of numerous, fine radial lines. Color dark-grayish to dark-brown with interspaces between radial sculpture of lighter color. Internally purplish to rosy-brown with narrow light-blue or grayish edge. Living in protected bay areas.