Mytilaster minimus
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140478 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2026-08-01T16:20:18Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
class: Bivalvia
family: Mytilidae
genus: Mytilaster
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini. Illustrata da Spiridion Brusina. Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica. 280 pp.
name published in: Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898].
name published in: Costa, O.G. (1838 - 1873). Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano contenente la descrizione de nuovi o poco esattamente conosciuti con figure ricavate da originali viventi e dipinte. [Fauna of the Kingdom of Naples or enumeration of all the animals that inhabit the different regions of this kingdom and the waters that bathe them containing the description of new or little exactly known ones with figures taken from living originals and painted]. In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli. 325 pp. with each chapter paginated separately, 42 pl. also numbered separately according to chapters.
name published in: Locard, A. (1889). Notices conchyliologiques. VII. Catalogue des petits Mytiles des côtes de France. L'Echange. 5(53): 36-37.
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp. [October 2nd, 1872].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
name published in: Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39.
name published in: Requien, E. (1848). Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp.
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1887-1898
name published in year: 1838 - 1873
name published in year: 1889
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1795
name published in year: 1848
order: Mytilida
parent name usage ID: 138227
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Poli, 1795)
specific epithet: minimus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted