WoRMS taxon details
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
138228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138228)
accepted
Genus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Crassimytilus Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eumytilus Ihering, 1900 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym of...)
junior objective synonym of Mytilus
Mitylus · unaccepted > misspelling (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Mytilites [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling
Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison & Addicott, 1976 † · alternate representation
Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) Kafanov, 1984 † · alternate representation
Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN Art. 20 discarding names...)
ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils
Mytulus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plicatomytilus Allison & Addicott, 1976 † · unaccepted (new rank)
Species Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
Species Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854
Species Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Mytilus trossulus A. Gould, 1850
Species Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858
Subgenus Mytilus (Aulacomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Aulacomya Mörch, 1853
Subgenus Mytilus (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859 accepted as Dacrydium Torell, 1859
Species Mytilus abbreviatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus achatinus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) (original combination)
Species Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus africanus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1)
Species Mytilus alacorvi Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) (original combination)
Species Mytilus albus Molina, 1782 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus algosus Gould, 1850 accepted as Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843) (original combination)
Species Mytilus ambiguus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
Species Mytilus americanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858 accepted as Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus andersoni E. von Martens, 1887 accepted as Ciboticola andersoni (E. von Martens, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus angulatus W. Williamson, 1834 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819 sensu Reeve, 1858 accepted as Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus aoteanus Powell, 1958 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Species Mytilus arabicus (Jousseaume, 1919) accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, established in synonymy)
Species Mytilus arborescens Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Species Mytilus arborescens Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Mytilus arborescens Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1; available from Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Species Mytilus arcuatus Clessin, 1887 accepted as Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus arealis Menke, 1830 accepted as Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Mytilus areolatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850) (original combination)
Species Mytilus aristatus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) (original combination)
Species Mytilus ater Molina, 1782 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866 accepted as Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus ater Molina, 1782; Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915 is a replacement name)
Species Mytilus atratus Lischke, 1871 accepted as Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Mytilus atropurpureus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus avicular Holten, 1802 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (original combination)
Species Mytilus baldi Brusina, 1865 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus biceps Menke, 1848 accepted as Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus bicolor Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mytilisepta bifurcata (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
Species Mytilus bilocularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus blondeli Monterosato, 1872 accepted as Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Species Mytilus boeckii Mörch, 1874 accepted as Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus borealis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus brunneus [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Mytilus caeruleus Molina, 1810 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus californicus [sic] accepted as Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843 accepted as Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Mytilus canaliculus Dall, 1876 accepted as Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
Species Mytilus capensis Dunker, 1846 accepted as Aulacomya atra capensis (Dunker, 1846) (basionym)
Species Mytilus carolinensis Conrad, 1837 accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Mytilus castaneus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus castaneus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus cavolini Scacchi, 1833 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus charpentieri Dunker, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus charruanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus chemnitzii Férussac, 1835 accepted as Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Species Mytilus chenuanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)
Species Mytilus chiloensis Reeve, 1858 accepted as Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854
Species Mytilus chorus Molina, 1782 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782) (original combination)
Species Mytilus cinnamomeus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus cinnamominus Chemnitz, 1785 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791) (Chemnitz, 1785 is a work rejected for nomenclatorial purposes (see ICZN opinion 184))
Species Mytilus citrinus Röding, 1798 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus cochlear Menke, 1848 accepted as Modiolus cochlear (Menke, 1848)
Species Mytilus cochleatus Nyst, 1835 accepted as Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus coenobitus Vaillant, 1865 accepted as Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Mytilus compressus Reeve, 1858 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus confusus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus coralliophagus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus corneus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus corrugatus W. Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Brongniart, 1823)
Species Mytilus coruscus Gould, 1861 accepted as Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus crassitesta Lischke, 1868 accepted as Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858
Species Mytilus crassus Tenison Woods, 1877 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus crebristriatus Conrad, 1837 accepted as Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Mytilus crenatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) (a junior synonym)
Species Mytilus crispus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus cristagalli Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus cubitus Say, 1822 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus cumingianus Récluz, 1849 sensu Reeve, 1858 accepted as Septifer zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946
Species Mytilus cuneiformis Reeve, 1857 accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843) (secondary homonym of Modiola cuneiformis Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus curvatus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861)
Species Mytilus curviroster Schröter, 1787 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) (declared nomen oblitum by Turner & Boss (1962))
Species Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Mytilus curvirostrus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus cylindraceus Requien, 1848 accepted as Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Species Mytilus dactyliformis Hupé, 1854 accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus darwinianus d'Orbigny, 1842 accepted as Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808 accepted as Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) (original combination)
Species Mytilus decussatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808)
Species Mytilus demissus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mytilus desolationis E. Lamy, 1936 accepted as Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Mytilus dilatatus Gray, 1825 accepted as Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus diluculum Mörch, 1874 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus discrepans Montagu, 1803 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus divaricatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mytilus divaricatus d'Orbigny, 1844)
Species Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 sensu Angas, 1867 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus durus [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Mytilus eduliformis d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elegans T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798)
Species Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus exaratus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain junior synonym)
Species Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus exilis R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus exustus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus faba O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus falcatus d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mytilus falcatus Münster, 1837 and Mytilus falcatus d'Orbigny, 1844)
Species Mytilus ficus Dall, 1909 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus fischerianus Tapparone Canefri, 1874 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus flabellatus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus flavus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus fontaineanus d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus fuscus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus gibbsianus Leach, 1852 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus glocinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus glomeratus A. Gould, 1851 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus granulatus Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus grayanus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus grunerianus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hamatus Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hesperianus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hirsuta Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus horridus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hupeanus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hyotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus impactus Hermann, 1782 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus incurvatus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus infumatus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus janeirensis Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 sensu Fletcher, 1938 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lacunatus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lacustris O. G. Costa, 1839 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lamarckianus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lamarckii Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lateralis Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latissimus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mytilus lavalleanus d'Orbigny, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus liburnicus Brusina, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus lythophagus Salis Marschlins, 1793 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798 sensu Suter, 1913 (unaccepted, misapplication)
Species Mytilus maorianus Iredale, 1915 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
Species Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus marioni Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus marmoratus Forbes, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus meleagridis Bruguière, 1792 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1885 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848)
Species Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus minganensis Mighels, 1844 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus minimus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus minutus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus morrisi Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus muelleri Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mülleri Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted, incorrect original spelling)
Species Mytilus multiformis P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mutabilis Gould, 1861 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus nicobaricus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus niger Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus notatus De Kay, 1844 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus obesus Reeve, 1858 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus oblongus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus obscurus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus opalus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus orbicularis Pallary, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus orbignyanus Hupé, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus ovalis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus paetelianus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus palliopunctatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pedroanus Conrad, 1855 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pelecinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus pellucidus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus perviridis Holten, 1802 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus petasunculinus Locard, 1886 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus pharaonis P. Fischer, 1870 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pholadis Linnaeus, 1771 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus plicatus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus plicatus Gmelin, 1791 sensu Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted, misapplication)
Species Mytilus plicatus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Gmelin (1791))
Species Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus puntarenensis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pusillus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pyriformis Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus recurvus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus retusus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rodriguezii d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus ropan Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus roseus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rostrum G. Shaw, 1797 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus sagittatus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus scaber Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus septentrionalis Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus septulifer Menke, 1830 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus similis Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted, uncertain synonym; invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus similis Münster, 1841)
Species Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus smaragdinus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus solen Salis Marschlins, 1793 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus soleniformis d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus solisianus d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus solitarius W. Williamson, 1834 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus spathulinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus spatula Menke, 1848 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus stearnsii Pilsbry & Raymond, 1898 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus striatus Barnes, 1823 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus subdistortus Récluz, 1852 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus subsaxatilis W. Williamson, 1834 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus succineus Danilo & Sandri, 1856 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison Woods, 1876 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus tenuiaratus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus tenuistriatus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus tenuistriatus Goldfuss, 1837; Brachidontes dunkeri is a replacement name)
Species Mytilus thalia W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus tortus Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus trigonus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus umbonata Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungularis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ustulatus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus variabilis Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum, declared nomen oblitum by Cosel et al. (2014))
Species Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination: declared nomen protectum by Cosel et al. (2014))
Species Mytilus variegatus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus viator d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus vitrea Møller, 1842 (unaccepted, incorrect original spelling)
Species Mytilus vulgaris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ziczac Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus auratus Molina, 1810 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus bidens Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus denactus Perry, 1811 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus gracilis Reeve, 1858 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus inflatus Clessin, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mytilus lycophagus Perry, 1811 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus niger W. H. Benson, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid; not Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus pilosus Reeve, 1858 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus striatulus Linnaeus, 1771 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus substriatus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mytilus unguis Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854
Species Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Mytilus trossulus A. Gould, 1850
Species Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858
Subgenus Mytilus (Aulacomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Aulacomya Mörch, 1853
» Species Mytilus (Aulacomya) diluculum Mörch, 1874 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
» Species Mytilus (Aulacomya) magellanicus accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Subgenus Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (original rank)» Species Mytilus (Aulacomya) magellanicus accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Subgenus Mytilus (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859 accepted as Dacrydium Torell, 1859
» Species Mytilus (Dacrydium) hyalinus Monterosato, 1875 accepted as Dacrydium hyalinum (Monterosato, 1875)
Subgenus Mytilus (Modiola) Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 » Species Mytilus (Modiola) areolatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850) (basionym)
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) chenui Récluz, 1842 accepted as Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842) (basionym)
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) flabellatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Mytilus flabellatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus rectus Conrad, 1837
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus Gould, 1850 accepted as Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) ziczac Anton, 1838 accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Subgenus Mytilus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798» Species Mytilus (Modiola) chenui Récluz, 1842 accepted as Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842) (basionym)
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) flabellatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Mytilus flabellatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus rectus Conrad, 1837
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus Gould, 1850 accepted as Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
» Species Mytilus (Modiola) ziczac Anton, 1838 accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
» Species Mytilus (Modiolarca) coenobita Vaillant, 1865 accepted as Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865) (basionym)
Subgenus Mytilus (Septifer) Récluz, 1848 accepted as Septifer Récluz, 1848Species Mytilus abbreviatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus achatinus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) (original combination)
Species Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus africanus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1)
Species Mytilus alacorvi Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) (original combination)
Species Mytilus albus Molina, 1782 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus algosus Gould, 1850 accepted as Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843) (original combination)
Species Mytilus ambiguus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
Species Mytilus americanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858 accepted as Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus andersoni E. von Martens, 1887 accepted as Ciboticola andersoni (E. von Martens, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus angulatus W. Williamson, 1834 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819 sensu Reeve, 1858 accepted as Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus aoteanus Powell, 1958 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Species Mytilus arabicus (Jousseaume, 1919) accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, established in synonymy)
Species Mytilus arborescens Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Species Mytilus arborescens Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Mytilus arborescens Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1; available from Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Species Mytilus arcuatus Clessin, 1887 accepted as Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus arealis Menke, 1830 accepted as Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Mytilus areolatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850) (original combination)
Species Mytilus aristatus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) (original combination)
Species Mytilus ater Molina, 1782 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866 accepted as Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus ater Molina, 1782; Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915 is a replacement name)
Species Mytilus atratus Lischke, 1871 accepted as Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Mytilus atropurpureus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus avicular Holten, 1802 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (original combination)
Species Mytilus baldi Brusina, 1865 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus biceps Menke, 1848 accepted as Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus bicolor Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus bifurcatus Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mytilisepta bifurcata (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
Species Mytilus bilocularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus blondeli Monterosato, 1872 accepted as Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Species Mytilus boeckii Mörch, 1874 accepted as Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus borealis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mytilus brunneus [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Mytilus caeruleus Molina, 1810 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus californicus [sic] accepted as Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843 accepted as Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Mytilus canaliculus Dall, 1876 accepted as Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
Species Mytilus capensis Dunker, 1846 accepted as Aulacomya atra capensis (Dunker, 1846) (basionym)
Species Mytilus carolinensis Conrad, 1837 accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Mytilus castaneus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus castaneus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus cavolini Scacchi, 1833 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus charpentieri Dunker, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus charruanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus chemnitzii Férussac, 1835 accepted as Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Species Mytilus chenuanus d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)
Species Mytilus chiloensis Reeve, 1858 accepted as Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854
Species Mytilus chorus Molina, 1782 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782) (original combination)
Species Mytilus cinnamomeus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus cinnamominus Chemnitz, 1785 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791) (Chemnitz, 1785 is a work rejected for nomenclatorial purposes (see ICZN opinion 184))
Species Mytilus citrinus Röding, 1798 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus cochlear Menke, 1848 accepted as Modiolus cochlear (Menke, 1848)
Species Mytilus cochleatus Nyst, 1835 accepted as Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus coenobitus Vaillant, 1865 accepted as Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Mytilus compressus Reeve, 1858 accepted as Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus confusus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus coralliophagus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus corneus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus corrugatus W. Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Brongniart, 1823)
Species Mytilus coruscus Gould, 1861 accepted as Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus crassitesta Lischke, 1868 accepted as Mytilus unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858
Species Mytilus crassus Tenison Woods, 1877 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Mytilus crebristriatus Conrad, 1837 accepted as Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Mytilus crenatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) (a junior synonym)
Species Mytilus crispus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus cristagalli Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus cubitus Say, 1822 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus cumingianus Récluz, 1849 sensu Reeve, 1858 accepted as Septifer zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946
Species Mytilus cuneiformis Reeve, 1857 accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843) (secondary homonym of Modiola cuneiformis Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus curvatus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861)
Species Mytilus curviroster Schröter, 1787 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) (declared nomen oblitum by Turner & Boss (1962))
Species Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Mytilus curvirostrus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mytilus cylindraceus Requien, 1848 accepted as Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Species Mytilus dactyliformis Hupé, 1854 accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Mytilus darwinianus d'Orbigny, 1842 accepted as Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808 accepted as Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) (original combination)
Species Mytilus decussatus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782) (invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808)
Species Mytilus demissus Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mytilus desolationis E. Lamy, 1936 accepted as Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Mytilus dilatatus Gray, 1825 accepted as Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Species Mytilus diluculum Mörch, 1874 accepted as Aulacomya atra (Molina, 1782)
Species Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus discrepans Montagu, 1803 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mytilus divaricatus Gould, 1850 accepted as Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mytilus divaricatus d'Orbigny, 1844)
Species Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 sensu Angas, 1867 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus durus [Lightfoot], 1786 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Mytilus eduliformis d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elegans T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elongatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798)
Species Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus exaratus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain junior synonym)
Species Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus exilis R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus exustus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus faba O. F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus falcatus d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mytilus falcatus Münster, 1837 and Mytilus falcatus d'Orbigny, 1844)
Species Mytilus ficus Dall, 1909 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus fischerianus Tapparone Canefri, 1874 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus flabellatus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus flavus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus fontaineanus d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus frons Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus fuscus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus gibbsianus Leach, 1852 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus glocinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus glomeratus A. Gould, 1851 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus granulatus Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus grayanus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus grunerianus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hamatus Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hesperianus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hirsuta Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus horridus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hupeanus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus hyotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus impactus Hermann, 1782 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus incurvatus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus infumatus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus janeirensis Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 sensu Fletcher, 1938 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lacunatus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lacustris O. G. Costa, 1839 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lamarckianus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lamarckii Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lateralis Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latissimus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mytilus lavalleanus d'Orbigny, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus liburnicus Brusina, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus lythophagus Salis Marschlins, 1793 (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name, published in a work rejected under ICZN Direction 1; available from Röding, 1798)
Species Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798 sensu Suter, 1913 (unaccepted, misapplication)
Species Mytilus maorianus Iredale, 1915 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
Species Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus marioni Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus marmoratus Forbes, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus meleagridis Bruguière, 1792 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1885 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848)
Species Mytilus meridionalis Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus minganensis Mighels, 1844 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus minimus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus minutus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus morrisi Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus muelleri Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mülleri Dunker, 1875 (unaccepted, incorrect original spelling)
Species Mytilus multiformis P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus mutabilis Gould, 1861 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus nicobaricus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus niger Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus notatus De Kay, 1844 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus obesus Reeve, 1858 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus oblongus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus obscurus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus opalus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus orbicularis Pallary, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus orbignyanus Hupé, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus ovalis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus paetelianus Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus palliopunctatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pedroanus Conrad, 1855 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pelecinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus pellucidus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus perviridis Holten, 1802 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus petagnae Scacchi, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus petasunculinus Locard, 1886 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus pharaonis P. Fischer, 1870 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pholadis Linnaeus, 1771 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus plicatus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus plicatus Gmelin, 1791 sensu Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted, misapplication)
Species Mytilus plicatus Chemnitz, 1785 (unaccepted, unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Gmelin (1791))
Species Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus puntarenensis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pusillus Gould, 1850 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus pyriformis Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus recurvus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus retusus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rodriguezii d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus ropan Deshayes, 1836 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus roseus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rostrum G. Shaw, 1797 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mytilus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus rugosus Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus sagittatus Poli, 1795 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus scaber Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus septentrionalis Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus septulifer Menke, 1830 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus similis Clessin, 1887 (unaccepted, uncertain synonym; invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus similis Münster, 1841)
Species Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus smaragdinus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus solen Salis Marschlins, 1793 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus soleniformis d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Mytilus solisianus d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus solitarius W. Williamson, 1834 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus spathulinus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus spatula Menke, 1848 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus stearnsii Pilsbry & Raymond, 1898 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus striatus Barnes, 1823 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus subdistortus Récluz, 1852 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus subsaxatilis W. Williamson, 1834 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus succineus Danilo & Sandri, 1856 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison Woods, 1876 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mytilus tenuiaratus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus tenuistriatus Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus tenuistriatus Goldfuss, 1837; Brachidontes dunkeri is a replacement name)
Species Mytilus thalia W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Mytilus tortus Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus trigonus Locard, 1889 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus umbonata Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungularis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ustulatus Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus variabilis Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum, declared nomen oblitum by Cosel et al. (2014))
Species Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination: declared nomen protectum by Cosel et al. (2014))
Species Mytilus variegatus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus viator d'Orbigny, 1842 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus vitrea Møller, 1842 (unaccepted, incorrect original spelling)
Species Mytilus vulgaris da Costa, 1778 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus ziczac Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
Species Mytilus auratus Molina, 1810 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus bidens Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus denactus Perry, 1811 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus gracilis Reeve, 1858 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus inflatus Clessin, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mytilus lycophagus Perry, 1811 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus niger W. H. Benson, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid; not Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mytilus pilosus Reeve, 1858 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus striatulus Linnaeus, 1771 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Mytilus substriatus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mytilus unguis Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138228 on 2023-09-24
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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. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eumytilus Ihering, 1900) Ihering, H. von. (1900). On the South American species of Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4 (2): 84-98., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798012
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984) Kafanov A.I. (1984). A system of the subfamily Mytilinae (Bivalvia, Mytilidae). <em>In: Morfologiya, sistematika, filogeniya i ekogenez dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov [= Morphology, systematics, phylogeny, anf ecogenesis of bivalve mollusks]: Abstracts of communcations. Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 43-45.
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) Kafanov, 1984 †) Kafanov A.I. (1984). A system of the subfamily Mytilinae (Bivalvia, Mytilidae). <em>In: Morfologiya, sistematika, filogeniya i ekogenez dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov [= Morphology, systematics, phylogeny, anf ecogenesis of bivalve mollusks]: Abstracts of communcations. Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 43-45.
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison & Addicott, 1976 †) Allison R.C., Addicott W.O. (1976). The North Pacific Miocene record of Mytilus (Plicatomytilus), a new subgenus of Bivalvia. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 962: 1-22.
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 105 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel <i>Mytilus</i>: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. <i>* Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.</i>: [details]
additional source Seed R. (1992). Systematics evolution and distribution of mussels belonging to the genus <i>Mytilus</i>: an overview. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 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]
page(s): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Eumytilus Ihering, 1900) Ihering, H. von. (1900). On the South American species of Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4 (2): 84-98., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798012
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984) Kafanov A.I. (1984). A system of the subfamily Mytilinae (Bivalvia, Mytilidae). <em>In: Morfologiya, sistematika, filogeniya i ekogenez dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov [= Morphology, systematics, phylogeny, anf ecogenesis of bivalve mollusks]: Abstracts of communcations. Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 43-45.
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) Kafanov, 1984 †) Kafanov A.I. (1984). A system of the subfamily Mytilinae (Bivalvia, Mytilidae). <em>In: Morfologiya, sistematika, filogeniya i ekogenez dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov [= Morphology, systematics, phylogeny, anf ecogenesis of bivalve mollusks]: Abstracts of communcations. Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 43-45.
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison & Addicott, 1976 †) Allison R.C., Addicott W.O. (1976). The North Pacific Miocene record of Mytilus (Plicatomytilus), a new subgenus of Bivalvia. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 962: 1-22.
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 105 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel <i>Mytilus</i>: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. <i>* Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.</i>: [details]
additional source Seed R. (1992). Systematics evolution and distribution of mussels belonging to the genus <i>Mytilus</i>: an overview. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101799)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101799)
To ITIS
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