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Mytilidae
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Specimen Records:5282
Specimens with Sequences:4882
Specimens with Barcodes:4201
Species:296
Species With Barcodes:267
Public Records:4044
Public Species:248
Public BINs:202
Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at Florida Museum of Natural History
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The Mytilidae are a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 genera.[1]
Species in the family Mytilidae are found world-wide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the intertidal zone and the shallow subtidal. The subfamily Bathymodiolinae is found in deep-sea habitats.
Mytilids include the well-known edible sea mussels.
A common feature of the shells of mussels is an asymmetrical shell which has a thick, adherent periostracum. The animals attached themselves to a solid substrate using a byssus.
Genera[edit]
Genera within the family Mytilidae include:[1]
- Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927
- Adula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
- Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919 (incl. Musculista)
- Arenifodiens Wilson, 2006
- Arvella Bartsch, 1960
- Aulacomya Mörch, 1853
- Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985
- Benthomodiolus Dell, 1987
- Botula Mörch, 1853
- Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
- Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952
- Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Crenomytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Dacrydium Torell, 1859
- Exosiperna Iredale, 1929
- Fungiacava T. F. Goreau, N. I. Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968
- Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
- Gibbomodiola Sacco, 1898
- Gigantidas Cosel & Marshall, 2003
- Gregariella Monterosato, 1884
- Idas Jeffreys, 1876
- Idasola Iredale, 1939
- Ischadium Jukes-Browne, 1905
- Jolya Bourguignat, 1877
- Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1882
- Lioberus Dall, 1898
- Lithophaga Röding, 1798
- Megacrenella Habe & Ito, 1965
- Modiolatus Jousseaume, 1893
- Modiolula Sacco, 1898
- Modiolarca Gray, 1842
- Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
- (Musculista Yamamoto & Habe, 1958 = Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919)
- Musculus Röding, 1798
- Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884
- Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758; includes most edible mussel species
- Perna Philipsson, 1788 - incl. New Zealand green-lipped mussel
- Perumytilus Olsson, 1961
- Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
- Semimytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Septifer Recluz, 1848
- Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934
- Solamen Iredale, 1924
- Stavelia Gray, 1858
- Tamu Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
- Trichomya Ihering, 1900
- Urumella Hayami & Kase, 1993
- Vilasina Bartsch, 1960
- Vulcanidas Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2010
- Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967
- Zelithophaga Finlay, 1926
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014).Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 World Register of Marine Species
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