WoRMS taxon details
Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952
AphiaID: 224607
AphiaID: 224607
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Mytilus chorus Molina, 1782 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chloromytilus [sic] (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Source |
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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] | ||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782) Species Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848) Species Choromytilus palliopunctatus (Carpenter, 1857) | ||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | ||||||||||
| Note |
Spelling: sometimes misspelled "Chloromytilus"; the name alludes to the included species C. chorus, not to a green colour like in Chloromya. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224607 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224607 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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