BeRMS taxon details

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

140480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140480)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Pteriomorphia
  7. Mytilida
  8. Mytiloidea
  9. Mytilidae
  10. Mytilinae
  11. Mytilus
  12. Mytilus edulis
accepted
Species
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Type locality contained in Dutch part of the North Sea  
type locality contained in Dutch part of the North Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140480 on 2026-09-03
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140480 on 2026-09-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2025-03-13 13:38:19Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (BeRMS 2020) ICES Contaminants and biological effects database (DOME – Biota). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Carriker, M. R. (1979). Ultrastructural effect of cleaning molluscan shell with sodium hypochlorite (Clorox). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(2-3): 47-50, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8275103 [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(9): 97-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596720
page(s): 100 [details] 

additional source Lubet P. (1959). Recherches sur le cycle sexuel et l'émission des gamètes chez les Mytilidés et les Pectinidés. <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 23(3): 384-548., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1959/publication-4507.pdf [details] 

additional source MacIntyre, R. J. (1975). Current research into the biology of farming mussels in Australia. <em>Malacological Review.</em> 9: 138. [details] 

additional source Martens, E. von. (1886). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der giftigen Miesmuscheln. <em>Der Naturforscher, Tübingen.</em> 19(30): 307-308. [details] 

additional source Martens, E. von. (1886). Votum. In: R. Virchow (ed.). Beiträge zue Kenntniss der giftigen Miesmuscheln. <em>Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und physologie und klinische medizin.</em> 104: 174-180, Berlin., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112388105-021 [details] 

additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 61(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284747
page(s): 48 [details] 
 
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BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (507 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1850 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilus edulis) 
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To GenBank (44564 nucleotides; 75924 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk) 
To Malacopics (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westenschou... 
To Malacopics (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Walcheren, Domburg) 
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To Malacopics (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Turkey, Istanbul, Halic, beached, collected May 1997,... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mytilus edulis, USNM 331464, dorsal) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mytilus edulis, USNM 331464, lateral) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077555) 
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