Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Aulacomya magellanicus

Belongs to Mytilus according to A Gazdzicki and H Pugaczewska 1984

Sister taxa: Mytilus (Crenomytilus), 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 mooraboolensis, Mytilus muensteri, Mytilus nativus, Mytilus ochotensis, Mytilus pectinatus, Mytilus periscus, Mytilus postcarbonicus, Mytilus rimosus, Mytilus scaphoides, Mytilus seminummuarius, Mytilus shulapsensis, Mytilus similis, Mytilus submenkeanus, Mytilus subpectinatus, Mytilus subpygmaeus, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus ursensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder