WoRMS taxon details
Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955
AphiaID: 397145
AphiaID: 397145
| 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 | Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Species Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) Species Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967 Species Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) Species Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) Species Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825) accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) Species Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) accepted as Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 | ||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397145 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397145 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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