WoRMS taxon details
Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815
491766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491766)
accepted
Superfamily
Mytilacea · unaccepted (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)
- Family Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950
- Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Crenellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 accepted as Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Musculidae Iredale, 1939 accepted as Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840
- Family Septiferidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Septiferinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491766 on 2025-10-31
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]
basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details] Available for editors
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Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
