Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis
Belongs to Mytilus according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Arnold 1903, Coan et al. 2000, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Moore 1983, Richards 1962, Spencer et al. 2004, Vervoenen et al. 2000 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Chloromya), Mytilus (Crenomytilus), Mytilus (Falcimytilus), Mytilus (Modiola), Mytilus (Mytilus), Mytilus (Pernomytilus), Mytilus (Pharomytilus), Mytilus (Plicatomytilus), Mytilus (Tumidimytilus), Mytilus acutecarinatus, Mytilus affinis, Mytilus alpinus, Mytilus angulatus, Mytilus antiqorum, Mytilus autissiodorensis, Mytilus beaumonti, Mytilus brewsterensis, Mytilus bussoni, Mytilus californianus, Mytilus canoasensis, Mytilus chenui, Mytilus cleopatrae, Mytilus conradinus, Mytilus deperditus, Mytilus edulis planulatus, Mytilus eurynota, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus glabratus, Mytilus hamiltonensis, Mytilus hamlini, Mytilus hamuliferus, Mytilus hannibali, Mytilus hauniensis, Mytilus homfrayi, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus lamellosus, Mytilus linguatulus, Mytilus luciferus, Mytilus mabuchii, Mytilus madagascariensis, Mytilus magellanicus, Mytilus minutus, Mytilus mooraboolensis, Mytilus muensteri, Mytilus mulleri, Mytilus multiformis, Mytilus multistriatus, Mytilus nativus, Mytilus nitens, Mytilus ochotensis, Mytilus pauperculus, Mytilus pectinatus, Mytilus periscus, Mytilus productus, Mytilus psilonoti, Mytilus quadratus, Mytilus quenstedti, Mytilus rigaultii, Mytilus rugosus, Mytilus rugulosus, Mytilus sammamishensis, Mytilus scaphoides, Mytilus schencki, Mytilus seminummuarius, Mytilus shulapsensis, Mytilus similis, Mytilus snohomishensis, Mytilus stillaguamishensis, Mytilus stillwaterensis, Mytilus submenkeanus, Mytilus subpectinatus, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus ursensis, Mytilus watersi
Subtaxa: Mytilus edulis giganteus Mytilus edulis ungulatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Belgium (1), Canada (33: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Greenland (15), Iceland (5), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (6), Poland (8), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (35: Alaska, California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5), Iceland (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Iraq (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 170 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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