WoRMS taxon details
Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840
510721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510721)
accepted
Subfamily
Crenella T. Brown, 1827 (type by original designation)
Arcuatulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crenellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Musculidae Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted
- Genus Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919
- Genus Arvella Scarlato, 1960
- Genus Choromytilus T. Soot-Ryen, 1952
- Genus Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Genus Exosiperna Iredale, 1929
- Genus Musculus Röding, 1798
- Genus Mytella T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Genus Parabrachidontes K. S. Tan, S. H. M. Tan, Sanpanich, Duangdee & Ambarwati, 2024
- Genus Perna Philipsson, 1788
- Genus Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
- Genus Solamen Iredale, 1924
- Genus Vilasina Scarlato, 1960
- Genus Hippagus I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Crenella T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lamya T. Soot-Ryen, 1958 accepted as Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lanistes Swainson, 1840 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Lanistes Montfort, 1810 [Gastropoda])
- Genus Lanistina J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Lanistria J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Lanistina J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Megacrenella T. Habe & Ki. Ito, 1965 accepted as Solamen Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Musculista G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1958 accepted as Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Myoparo I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Crenella T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nuculocardia A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Crenella T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ryenella C. A. Fleming, 1959 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Crenellidae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 140, 151 [details]
page(s): 140, 151 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510721 on 2026-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crenellidae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 140, 151 [details]
original description (of Musculidae Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Arcuatulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato, O. A. & Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1979). О системе подотряда Mytileina (Bivalvia) [The systematics of the suborder Mytileina (Bivalvia)]. In: Likharev, I. M. & Starobogatov, Ya, I. (eds). <em>Моллюски: основные результаты их изучения. Авторефераты докладов [Molluscs: Key results from their study. Abstracts of communications].</em> 6: 22-25 [English translation: Malacological Review, 17(1-2): 115-116.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65615948
page(s): 24 [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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page(s): 140, 151 [details]
original description (of Musculidae Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Arcuatulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato, O. A. & Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1979). О системе подотряда Mytileina (Bivalvia) [The systematics of the suborder Mytileina (Bivalvia)]. In: Likharev, I. M. & Starobogatov, Ya, I. (eds). <em>Моллюски: основные результаты их изучения. Авторефераты докладов [Molluscs: Key results from their study. Abstracts of communications].</em> 6: 22-25 [English translation: Malacological Review, 17(1-2): 115-116.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65615948
page(s): 24 [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
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kartavtsev, Y. P.; Masalkova, N. A.; Sharina, S. N.; Lutaenko, K. A. (2026). Molecular Phylogeny and Genetic Divergence of Mussels (Mollusca, Mytilidae) Based on the Sequences of Three Nuclear DNA Genes (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and Histone H3) and One mtDNA Gene (CO-1). <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 45(2): 255-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.045.0203 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 220 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 107 [details]
page(s): 220 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 107 [details]
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