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Mytilidae (mussel)
Taxonomy
Mytilidae was named by Rafinesque (1815) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5046]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mytilaeea by Glenn (1904); to Pectinacea by Olsson (1931); to Mytilacea by Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) and Maxwell (1992); to Mytiloida by Gordillo (1991), Spencer et al. (2004), El Qot (2006) and Scholz et al. (2008); and to Mytiloidea by Stilwell (1998), Todd (2001), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009) and Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Mytilaeea by Glenn (1904); to Pectinacea by Olsson (1931); to Mytilacea by Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) and Maxwell (1992); to Mytiloida by Gordillo (1991), Spencer et al. (2004), El Qot (2006) and Scholz et al. (2008); and to Mytiloidea by Stilwell (1998), Todd (2001), Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009) and Carter et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Adipicola, Adula, Aeidimytilus, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Chloromytilus, Ciboticola, Crenella, Cuneolus, Dacrydium (syn. Quendreda), Exosiperna, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Gregariella, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga (syn. Lithophagus, Lithodomus, Paychoya), Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolula, Modiolus, Musculista, Musculus (syn. Lanistina), Mytella, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Mytilus, Perna, Perumytilus, Phthonia, Plicatomytilus, Rhomboidella, Scolimytilus, Septifer, Solamen, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Sister taxa
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1815 | Mytilidae Rafinesque |
| 1904 | Mytilidae Glenn p. 362 |
| 1931 | Mytilidae Olsson p. 41 |
| 1980 | Mytilidae Vokes p. 22 |
| 1982 | Mytilidae Dockery p. 38 |
| 1987 | Mytilidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
| 1991 | Mytilidae Gordillo p. 129 |
| 1992 | Mytilidae Maxwell p. 64 |
| 1992 | Mytilidae Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 54 |
| 1998 | Mytilidae Stilwell p. 35 |
| 2001 | Mytilidae Todd |
| 2004 | Mytilidae Spencer et al. |
| 2006 | Mytilidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229 |
| 2006 | Mytilidae El Qot p. 17 |
| 2008 | Mytilidae Scholz et al. |
| 2009 | Mytilidae Nevesskaja |
| 2011 | Mytilidae Carter et al. p. 6 |
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