RAMS taxon details

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

138228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138228)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mytilidae (Family)
  10. Mytilinae (Subfamily)
  11. Mytilus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
 Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815
Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

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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): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138228 on 2026-08-02
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138228 on 2026-08-02
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-06-22 14:07:56Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-03-23 21:34:07Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2018-09-01 07:44:44Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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): 645, 704 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27912345 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilus) 
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101799) 
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