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Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

224589  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224589)

  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)
accepted
Subfamily
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Musculinae Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Adula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
  2. Genus Crenomytilus T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
  3. Genus Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939
  4. Genus Gregariella Monterosato, 1883
  5. Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
  6. Genus Praemytilus F. W. Anderson & L. R. Cox, 1948 †
  7. Genus Trichomya Ihering, 1900
  8. Genus Botulina Dall, 1889 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (synonym)
  9. Genus Byssogerdius K.-S. Tan, S. H-N. Tan, Sanpanich, Duangdee & Ambarwati, 2021 accepted as Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Genus Crassimytilus Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  11. Genus Eumytilus Ihering, 1900 accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (junior objective synonym of Mytilus)
  12. Genus Mitylus accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)
  13. Genus Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  14. Genus Mytilites [sic] † accepted as Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 † accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  15. Genus Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 † accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils)
  16. Genus Mytulus [sic] accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  17. Genus Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984 accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  18. Genus Plicatomytilus Allison & Addicott, 1976 † accepted as Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison & Addicott, 1976 † represented as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (new rank)
  19. Genus Propetilus Iredale, 1937 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (synonym)
  20. Genus Tibialectus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (synonym)
  21. Genus Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224589 on 2025-03-02
Date
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2006-03-16 11:07:45Z
created
Mussai, Prakash
2012-06-21 23:44:14Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-03-18 19:55:34Z
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Gofas, Serge
2018-03-23 21:34:07Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2021-07-22 11:26:27Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim
2021-09-29 14:25:42Z
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Neubauer, Thomas A.
2024-10-12 20:17:03Z
changed
Schneider, Simon

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia [General evolutionary patterns and the system of the Class Bivalvia]. <em>In Y. I. Starobogatov, ed., Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov [Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Mollusks]. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80:5–38. In Russian. For English translation, see K. J. Boss & M. K. Jacobson, 1985, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Department of Mollusks, Special Occasional Publication.</em> 5:1–67, 9 fig. [details] 

Taxonomy

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

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

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