Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sururu" in Portuguese language version.
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In 2019, a survey of hard clam-cultured ponds along the southwestern coast of Taiwan revealed an unknown, almost ubiquitous, brackish water mussel. The mussels were attached to the concrete walls and drainage systems of the clam ponds, hulls of boats, bottom sediment, and riverbanks of the estuary. The largest individual had a shell length of over 6 cm. The general external color of the shells was uniformly dark brown or black, but shells with a dark greenish color were also found. The mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase gene sequences obtained from specimens were consistent with Mytella strigata from Singapore, India, and the Philippines.
Mytella charruana was initially found in Jacksonville, Florida in 1986 covering a seawater intake pipe at the Northside Generator Power Plant (Lee, 1987). However, despite repeated searching, the species was not found the following year or any subsequent years until 2004, when M. charruana was found at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on an intertidal oyster reef in the Indian River Lagoon, c. 170 km south of Jacksonville (Boudreaux & Walters, 2006).
