African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (39)

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Subfamily Brachidontinae F. Nordsieck, 1969
1. Genus Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
2. Genus Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
3. Genus Mytilaster Monterosato, 1883
4. Genus Brachyodontes Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
Subfamily Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840
1. Genus Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919
2. Genus Choromytilus T. Soot-Ryen, 1952
3. Genus Crenella T. Brown, 1827
4. Genus Musculus Röding, 1798
5. Genus Mytella T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
6. Genus Perna Philipsson, 1788
7. Genus Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
8. Genus Solamen Iredale, 1924
9. Genus Lamya T. Soot-Ryen, 1958 accepted as Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
10. Genus Lanistina J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
11. Genus Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
12. Genus Musculista G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1958 accepted as Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Dacrydiinae Ockelmann, 1983
1. Genus Dacrydium Torell, 1859
Subfamily Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
1. Genus Lithophaga Röding, 1798
2. Genus Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lithophaga Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
3. Genus Lithophagus [sic] accepted as Lithophaga Röding, 1798 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Subfamily Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939
2. Genus Gregariella Monterosato, 1883
3. Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
4. Genus Byssogerdius K.-S. Tan, S. H-N. Tan, Sanpanich, Duangdee & Ambarwati, 2021 accepted as Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
5. Genus Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subfamily Mytiliseptinae B. Morton, 2020
1. Genus Semimytilus T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
Subfamily Septiferinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
1. Genus Septifer Récluz, 1848
Subfamily Arcuatulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Musculinae Iredale, 1939 accepted as Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Mytilidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
1. Genus Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
2. Genus Aulacomya Mörch, 1853

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211 on 2026-04-14

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) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2012-01-04 17:55:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-07-22 11:26:27Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

2024-10-11 01:04:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-12 20:17:03Z

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Schneider, Simon

2025-05-21 14:21:56Z

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Schneider, Simon

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original description (of Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]

basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details] Available for editors

additional source Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27912345 [details] Available for editors

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 Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. Molluscan Research. 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lorion, J.; Kiel, S.; Faure, B.; Kawato, M.; Ho, S. Y. M.; Marshall, B. A.; Tsuchida, S.; Miyazaki, J.-I. & Fujiwara, Y. (2013). Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: 20131243 (9 pp)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1243 [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]

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