WoRMS name details
Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
151896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151896)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subspecies
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151896 on 2026-07-31
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Nomenclature
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(of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Gittenberger, A. & Gittenberger, E. (2021). Polytypic <i>Mytilus edulis</i>, with a name for the Baltic subspecies (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 85(2): 116-125.
page(s): 121, figs 1, 6-7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Gittenberger, A. & Gittenberger, E. (2021). Polytypic <i>Mytilus edulis</i>, with a name for the Baltic subspecies (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 85(2): 116-125.
page(s): 121, figs 1, 6-7 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of M. edulis. However, Ahmad & Beardmore (1976) have demonstrated, using arguments from electrophoresis (enzyms), that M. galloprovincialis is a separate species. According to Verduin (1979), there are also conchiological arguments to keep the two species distinct. Ahmad & Beardmore (1976) and Verduin (1979) are followed in the use of the name.Gosling (1984) suggest in a recent review that M. galloprovincialis could be at most a variety of M. edulis. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | krombekmossel | [details] |
