Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Crenomytilus
Parent taxon: Mytilus according to Gladenkov and Sinelnikova 1990
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Falcimytilus), Mytilus (Mytilus), Mytilus (Tumidimytilus), Mytilus affinis, Mytilus antiqorum, Mytilus beaumonti, Mytilus brewsterensis, Mytilus bussoni, Mytilus californianus, Mytilus canoasensis, Mytilus cleopatrae, Mytilus conradinus, Mytilus deperditus, Mytilus edulis planulatus, Mytilus eurynota, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus hamiltonensis, Mytilus homfrayi, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus lamellosus, Mytilus linguatulus, Mytilus luciferus, Mytilus mabuchii, Mytilus madagascariensis, Mytilus magellanicus, Mytilus mooraboolensis, Mytilus nativus, Mytilus ochotensis, Mytilus pectinatus, Mytilus periscus, Mytilus postcarbonicus, Mytilus rimosus, Mytilus scaphoides, Mytilus seminummuarius, Mytilus shulapsensis, Mytilus submenkeanus, Mytilus subpectinatus, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus ursensis
Subtaxa: Crenomytilus arnoldi, Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Crenomytilus schencki
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder