African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138228)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798)
Species Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848) (original combination: declared nomen protectum by Cosel et al. (2014))

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138228 on 2024-04-18

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138228 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-22 14:07:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-23 21:34:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2018-09-01 07:44:44Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel Mytilus: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. * Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.: [details]

additional source Seed R. (1992). Systematics evolution and distribution of mussels belonging to the genus Mytilus: an overview. American Malacological Bulletin. 9(2): 123-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45931307 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]