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Mytilomorphi

Bivalvia

Taxonomy

Mytilomorphi was named by Ferussac (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pteriomorphia by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Colpomyida, Mytilida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1822	Mytilomorphi Ferussac
2011	Mytilomorphi Carter et al. p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Mytilomorphi Ferussac 1822

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Or. †Colpomyida Carter 2011

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Superfm. †Colpomyoidea Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

Fm. †Colpomyidae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

G. †Colpantyx Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

†Colpantyx woolleyi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

G. †Eurymya Ulrich 1894

G. †Pseudocolpomya Frey 1987

†Pseudocolpomya elongata Ulrich 1890

†Pseudocolpomya miseneri Ulrich 1893

†Pseudocolpomya modioliformis Ulrich 1893

G. †Xestoconcha Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

†Xestoconcha kraciukae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

Fm. †Evyanidae Carter et al. 2000

G. †Evyana Liljedahl 1990

Or. Mytilida Rafinesque 1815

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G. Fungiacara

Superfm. †Modiolopsoidea Fischer 1886

Fm. †Goniophorinidae Sanchez 2006

G. †Lossella Sanchez 2006

†Lossella juancruzi Sanchez 2006

Fm. †Modiolopsidae Fischer 1885

G. †Dipleurodonta Isberg 1934

†Dipleurodonta glabra Isberg 1934

†Dipleurodonta pulchella Isberg 1934

G. †Ectenocardiomorpha Isberg 1934

†Ectenocardiomorpha acuta Isberg 1934

†Ectenocardiomorpha elongata Isberg 1934

†Ectenocardiomorpha ventricosa Isberg 1934

†Ectenocardiomorpha volvens Isberg 1934

†Ectenocardiomorpha williamsi Isberg 1934

G. †Goniophora Phillips 1848

Subg. †Goniophora (Cosmogoniophora) McLearn 1918

Subg. †Goniophora (Goniophora) Phillips 1848

†Goniophora alei Liljedahl 1994

†Goniophora andersoni Clark and Durham 1946

†Goniophora ascia Kříž 2008

†Goniophora bragei Liljedahl 1994

†Goniophora brimeri Liljedahl 1994

†Goniophora compta Kříž 2008

†Goniophora gymeri Liljedahl 1994

†Goniophora orientalis Kobayashi 1934

†Goniophora perangulata Hall 1870

†Goniophora solci Kříž 2008

†Goniophora thula Kriz et al. 2011

†Goniophora tyri Liljedahl 1994

Invalid names: Mytilomorpha Hind 1899 [synonym]

G. †Haidongoconcha Fang and Cope 2004

†Haidongoconcha radialis Fang and Cope 2004

G. †Parallelodus Branson 1909

†Parallelodus dyfedensis Cope 1996

†Parallelodus obliquus Branson 1909

G. †Paramodiola Isberg 1934

†Paramodiola glabra Isberg 1934

†Paramodiola magna Isberg 1934

G. †Runnegaria Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

†Runnegaria cuneata Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

G. †Whiteavsia Ulrich 1893

†Whiteavsia expansa Raymond 1906

†Whiteavsia undata Raymond 1906

Fm. †Saffordiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979

Invalid names: Modiolodontidae Fang and Morris 1997 [synonym]

G. †Modiomytilus

G. Myapalmula

Superfm. Mysidielloidea Cox 1964

Invalid names: Pergamidae Cox 1964 [empty]

Superfm. Mytiloidea Rafinesque 1815

Fm. Crenellidae Gray 1840

G. Crenella Brown 1827

†Crenella cocentrica Gabb 1864

†Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 [cross-sculpture crenella]

Invalid names: Crenella divaricata d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym], Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]

†Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862

Crenella elliptica Brown 1827

†Crenella fenestra Dockery 1982

Crenella glandula Totten 1834

†Crenella gubernatoria Glenn 1904

Crenella inflata Carpenter 1864

†Crenella inflata Muller 1847

†Crenella isocardioides Lea 1833

†Crenella kannoi Marincovich, Jr. 1993

†Crenella latifrons Conrad 1860

†Crenella maylandensis Russell and Landes 1937

†Crenella porterensis Weaver 1916

†Crenella santana Cooper 1894

†Crenella serica Conrad 1860

†Crenella striatocostata Nagao 1928

†Crenella subfornicata Nagao 1928

†Crenella virida Glenn 1904

†Crenella washingtonensis Weaver 1916

Invalid names: Hippagus Lea 1833 [synonym]

Subfm. Crenellinae Gray 1840

G. Fungiacava Soot-Ryen 1969

G. Gregariella Monterosato 1883

G. Musculus Roding 1798 [mussel]

Invalid names: Lanistina Gray 1847 [synonym]

G. †Rhynchomytilus

G. Solamen Iredale 1924 [crenella]

Invalid names: Megacrenella Habe and Ito 1965 [synonym]

G. Vilasina Scarlato 1960 [crenella]

Invalid names: Crenellini Gray 1840 [empty], Dacrydiini Ockelmann 1983 [empty], Trichomyinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]

Subfm. Musculinae Iredale 1939

G. Modiolarca Gray 1843

Fm. Mytilidae Rafinesque 1815 [mussel]

G. Adipicola Dautzenberg 1927

Adipicola arcuatilis Dell 1995

Adipicola osseocola Dell 1987

G. Amygdalum Megerle 1811

Subg. Amygdalum (Modiolula) Sacco 1808

†Amygdalum barbatiaeformis Martin 1916

†Amygdalum progoensis Martin 1916

†Amygdalum simplex Sowerby 1850

G. †Antetrichomya Iredale 1951

G. †Arcomytilus Agassiz 1843

†Arcomytilus asper Sowerby 1818

†Arcomytilus biochei Deshayes 1858

†Arcomytilus dairensis Hayami 1958

†Arcomytilus furcatus Münster 1837

†Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883

†Arcomytilus nudus Repin 2013

G. †Arcoperna Conard 1865

†Arcoperna carolinensis Conrad 1875

†Arcoperna inflata Dall 1916

†Arcoperna linteata Dockery 1982

†Arcoperna nuculaeformis Nyst and Hon 1862

Arcoperna serica Bronn 1831

G. Arcuatula Jousseaume 1919

†Arcuatula sootryeni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

G. Arvella Scarlatto 1960

G. Aulacomya Mörch 1853

Aulacomya atra Molina 1782

†Aulacomya subfragilis d'Orbigny 1847

G. Bathymodiolus Kenk and Wilson 1985

†Bathymodiolus inouei Amano and Jenkins 2011

†Bathymodiolus palmarensis Kiel et al. 2010

†Bathymodiolus satsopensis Kiel and Amano 2013

Bathymodiolus tangaroa Cosel and Marshall 2003

Bathymodiolus thermophilus Kenk and Wilson 1985

†Bathymodiolus willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991

G. Botulina Dall 1889

G. Botulopa Iredale 1939

G. †Botulopsis Reis 1926

†Botulopsis reisi Waller 2005

Invalid names: Botulopsis cassiana Reis 1926 [replaced]

†Botulopsis taramellii De Toni 1913

G. Brachiodontes Swainson 1840

G. Ciboticola Iredale 1939

G. †Coxesia Mendes 1952

†Coxesia mezzalirai Mendes 1952

G. Crenomytilus Soot-Ryen 1955

†Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907

Crenomytilus grayanus Dunker 1853

†Crenomytilus mathewsoni Gabb 1866

†Crenomytilus schencki Hanna and Hertlein 1938

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis Arnold 1909

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus Arnold 1907

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi Nomland 1916

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii Gabb 1866

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini Clark 1915

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) sternbergi Hertlein and Grant 1972

†Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis Clark 1915

G. †Cuneolus Stephenson 1941

†Cuneolus hourcqui Dartevelle and Freneix 1957

†Cuneolus tippana Conrad 1858

G. Dacrydium Torell 1859

†Dacrydium cupressinum Couper 1960

†Dacrydium florinii Cookson and Pike 1953

Dacrydium pelseneeri Hedley 1906

Invalid names: Quendreda Iredale 1936 [synonym]

G. †Eyrena Ludbrook 1966

†Eyrena primulafontensis Etheridge 1902

G. †Falcimytilus Cox 1937

†Falcimytilus dietrichi Cox 1965

†Falcimytilus heranirus Hayami 1958

†Falcimytilus nasai Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1950

†Falcimytilus stricapillatus Hayami 1958

†Falcimytilus suprajurensis Cox 1925

†Falcimytilus tigrensis Blanford 1870

G. †Fluviolanatus Iredale 1924

†Fluviolanatus subtorta Dunker 1857

G. Geukensia Van de Poel 1959

Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 [ribbed horsemussel]

G. †Hilgardella Stephenson 1957

G. †Inoperna Conrad 1873

Subg. †Inoperna (Inoperna) Conrad 1875

Subg. †Inoperna (Triasoperna) Repin 1996

†Inoperna bellarugosa Popenoe 1937

†Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846

†Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863

†Inoperna plenicostata Anderson 1970

†Inoperna sowerbiana Danise et al. 2019

G. †Lecompteus Poel 1959

G. Lioberus Dall 1898

G. Lithophaga Röding 1798

Subg. Lithophaga (Diberus)

Subg. Lithophaga (Labis) Dall 1916

Subg. Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter 1856

Subg. Lithophaga (Lithophaga) Röding 1798

Subg. Lithophaga (Myoforceps)

Subg. †Lithophaga (Stumpiella) Soot-Ryen 1955

†Lithophaga affinis Martin 1879

Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny 1853

Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817

†Lithophaga atavus Waagen 1881

Lithophaga bisulcata d'Orbigny 1853

†Lithophaga carolinensis Conrad 1875

†Lithophaga conchafodentis Gardner 1916

†Lithophaga consobrina Eichwald 1861

†Lithophaga cordata Lamarck 1807

†Lithophaga elongata Kossmat 1893

†Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838

†Lithophaga gigantea Stuckenberg 1898

Invalid names: Paychoya sicaria Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956 [synonym]

Lithophaga gracilis Philippi 1847

†Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829

†Lithophaga inflexa von Koenen 1897

†Lithophaga lingua Gardner 1916

Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758

Invalid names: Lithodomus avitensis Mayer 1867 [synonym]

†Lithophaga lycetti Whiteaves 1861

†Lithophaga maikaensis Marwick 1953

†Lithophaga mucronata

†Lithophaga nasuta

Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845

†Lithophaga nuda Dall 1898

†Lithophaga petricolides

Lithophaga petricoloides Lea 1833

†Lithophaga praelonga d'Orbigny 1843

†Lithophaga subalveata Conrad 1866

†Lithophaga subelliptica Sayre 1931

†Lithophaga teres

†Lithophaga tubicola Wood 1861

†Lithophaga turneri Adegoke 1977

†Lithophaga yorkensis Olsson 1914

Invalid names: Lithodomus Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Paychoya Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956 [synonym]

Subfm. Lithophaginae Adams and Adams 1857

G. Adula Adams and Adams 1857 [datemussel]

G. Zelithophaga Finlay 1926

Invalid names: Botulini Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty], Lithodominae Gray 1854 [synonym], Lithophagini Adams and Adams 1857 [empty]

G. †Lycettia Cox 1937

†Lycettia lunularis Lycett 1857

G. †Mauricia

G. Modiolaria Loven 1846

†Modiolaria alabamaensis Meyer 1886

†Modiolaria arcaeformis Cossmann 1887

†Modiolaria curta Glenn 1904

†Modiolaria semigranosa Tate 1886

†Modiolaria singularis Tate 1886

G. Modiolatus

Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 [straight horsemussel]

Invalid names: Mytilus (Modiola) flabellatus Gould 1850 [synonym]

Subfm. Modiolinae Termier and Termier 1950

G. Botula Mörch 1853

G. Idas Jeffreys 1876

Invalid names: Idasola Iredale 1915 [synonym]

G. Limnoperna Rocheburne 1882

G. †Mytilops

G. Notobotula

G. †Praemytilus

G. Modiolus Lamarck 1801 [horsemussel]

Subg. Modiola (Lithophagus) Megerle 1811

Subg. †Modiola (Septiola) Bittner 1895

†Modiola amygdalina Phillips 1841

†Modiola angustissima Newton 1895

Modiola barbata Linnaeus 1758

†Modiola bolodekensis Voronetz 1938

Modiola costulata Risso 1826

†Modiola decliva White 1887

†Modiola exbrocchii Sacco 1898

†Modiola flemischi Martin 1933

†Modiola fornicata Römer 1836

†Modiola goldfussi Dunker 1849

†Modiola gracilior Lepsius 1878

†Modiola hartleyensis Etheridge Jr. 1902

†Modiola houstonia Harris 1895

†Modiola klipsteinii Bittner 1895

†Modiola lidarensis Diener 1915

†Modiola longaticensis Bittner 1901

Modiola marmorata Forbes 1838

†Modiola minuta Goldfuss 1833

†Modiola myoconchaeformis Philippi 1898

†Modiola nevadensis Walcott 1884

†Modiola ocrophaius Cossmann 1887

†Modiola pantanellii Futterer 1897

†Modiola pedernalis Roemer 1852

†Modiola pictinatus Lamarck 1805

†Modiola potomacensis Clark 1895

†Modiola praerupta Pritchard 1901

†Modiola pueblensis Pritchard 1901

†Modiola raibliana Bittner 1895

†Modiola ravni Lundgren 1895

†Modiola rhaetica Lepsius 1878

Modiola rhombea Berkeley 1827

†Modiola sanharica Maury 1936

†Modiola schafhaeutli Stur 1851

†Modiola siliqua Matheron 1843

†Modiola solenoides Morris and Lycett 1853

†Modiola subcarinatus Lamarck 1805

†Modiola sulcatus Lamarck 1805

†Modiola texana Gabb 1861

†Modiola triquaetraeformis Hyatt 1892

†Modiola tulipea Lamarck 1819

†Modiola visgnolae Mariani 1919

†Modiola vomer Parona 1890

Subg. †Modiolus (Cyranus) Hodges 2000

Subg. Modiolus (Gibbomodiola)

Subg. †Modiolus (Inoperna) Conrad 1875

Subg. Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck 1799

Subg. Modiolus (Modiolusia) Yamamoto and Habe 1958

Subg. †Modiolus (Strimodiolus) Fursich 1982

†Modiolus addicotti Moore 1984

†Modiolus adelaidensis Tate 1886

†Modiolus aequalis Sowerby 1818

†Modiolus alveolana Stephenson 1952

†Modiolus ameghinoi Ihering 1907

Modiolus americana Leach 1815

Modiolus americanus Leach 1815

†Modiolus anatinus Smith 1817

Invalid names: Modiola cuneata Sowerby 1818 [synonym]

†Modiolus archiskanni McLearn 1945

†Modiolus areolatus

†Modiolus attenuatus Meek and Hayden 1857

Modiolus auriculatus Krauss 1848

†Modiolus ausiensis Ilyina 1957

†Modiolus balongensis Martin 1931

†Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818

†Modiolus buckmani Rollier 1914

Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 [fat horsemussel]

Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 [California horsemussel]

Invalid names: Modiolus fornicata Carpenter 1864 [replaced], Volsella fornicata Carpenter 1864 [synonym]

†Modiolus cawcawensis Harris 1919

†Modiolus columbianus Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

†Modiolus dalli Glenn 1904

†Modiolus dimidiatus Münster 1841

†Modiolus ducatelii Conrad 1840

†Modiolus ducatellii Conrad 1840

Invalid names: Modiola inflata Tuomey and Holmes 1856 [synonym]

†Modiolus ellipticus Guskov and Pogorevitsch 1984

†Modiolus eugenensis Clark 1925

†Modiolus extensus Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960

†Modiolus friesenbichlerae Dominici and Danise 2024

†Modiolus frugi Healey 1908

†Modiolus galpinianus Evans and Shumard 1854

†Modiolus gejiuensis Guo 1985

†Modiolus gerthi Damborenea 1987

†Modiolus gibbus Kiparisova 1966

†Modiolus giganteus Quenstedt 1857

†Modiolus gigantoides Olsson 1914

†Modiolus gigantus Li et al. 1982

†Modiolus gracilis Klipstein 1843

†Modiolus grammatus Dall 1898

†Modiolus guiyangensis Chen 1976

†Modiolus hollicki Brown 1905

†Modiolus ionensis Glenn 1904

†Modiolus jaworskii Wanner and Knipscheer 1951

†Modiolus kelsoensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

†Modiolus koneckii Dickins 1963

†Modiolus kutinskensis Efimova 1966

†Modiolus latecaudatus Pritchard 1903

†Modiolus ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1844

†Modiolus magnus Guskov 1984

†Modiolus major Gabb 1869

†Modiolus meeki Evans and Shumard 1857

†Modiolus micropteris

†Modiolus minimus Sowerby 1818

†Modiolus muensteri Klipstein 1843

†Modiolus omanensis Hudson and Jefferies 1961

†Modiolus ornatus Gabb 1864

†Modiolus paronai Bittner 1895

†Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844

†Modiolus pliciferus von Koenen 1897

†Modiolus porterensis Clark 1925

†Modiolus pulchellus Olsson 1914

†Modiolus pygmaeus Münster 1841

Invalid names: Mytilus subpygmaeus d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym]

†Modiolus raubensis Cox 1936

Modiolus recta Fitch 1966 [straight mussel]

†Modiolus restorationensis Van Winkle 1918

Invalid names: Modiolus ynezana Arnold and Hannibal 1913 [synonym]

†Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836

†Modiolus salzstettensis Hohenstein 1913

†Modiolus sandbergeri Glibert and de Heinzelin 1954

†Modiolus semilaevigatus Deshayes 1861

†Modiolus silentiensis McLearn 1926

†Modiolus solea Slodkewitsch 1936

†Modiolus sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923

†Modiolus speciosus Merla 1933

†Modiolus stantoni Anderson 1938

†Modiolus strajeskianus d'Orbigny 1845

†Modiolus subsimplex d'Orbigny 1850

†Modiolus tenuistriatus Slodkewitsch 1936

†Modiolus trigonalis Slodkewitsch 1936

†Modiolus trinominata Hanna 1924

Invalid names: Modiolus inflatus Dall 1909 [replaced]

†Modiolus triquetra Seebach 1862

†Modiolus typicus Forbes 1846

†Modiolus virginicus Conrad 1867

†Modiolus wajampolkensis Slodkewitsch 1936

†Modiolus weiyuanensis Gu 1976

†Modiolus willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991

†Modiolus yunnanensis Chen 1976

†Mytilus (Modiolus) cypris Forbes 1846

†Mytilus (Modiolus) pulcher Forbes 1846

G. Musculista Yamamoto and Habe 1958

Musculista senhousia Benson 1842 [Asian date mussel]

G. Mytilaster

Subg. †Mytilaster (Persiaster) Repin 2008

†Mytilaster edseli Griffin et al. 2008

Mytilaster lineatus Gmelin 1791

Subfm. Mytilinae Rafinesque 1815

G. Brachidontes Swainson 1840

G. Choromytilus Soot-Ryen 1952

G. Ischadium Jukes-Browne 1905

G. Mytella Soot-Ryen 1955

G. †Mytilosootus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992

G. Mytilus Linnaeus 1758

G. †Nodomytilus Kauffman and Leanza 2004

G. Perna Retzius 1788

G. Perumytilus Olsson 1961

G. †Semimodiola

G. Semimytilus Soot-Ryen 1955

G. Septifer Récluz 1848

Invalid names: Adulinae Scarlato and Starobogatov [synonym], Adulini Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty], Aulacomyini Carter 2011 [empty], Brachidontinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym], Crenomytilini Kafanov 1984 [empty], Mytilini Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Perninae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]

G. Mytiloconcha Conrad 1862

†Mytiloconcha dariensis Olsson 1967

†Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) incurva Conrad 1839

†Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923

G. †Phthonia Hall and Whitfield 1869

†Phthonia regularis Barrande 1881

G. †Promytilus Newell 1942

†Promytilus acinaciformis Harrington 1955

†Promytilus annosus Newell 1942

†Promytilus borealis Kurushin 1989

†Promytilus cancellatus Maxwell 1964

†Promytilus ensiformis Li and Ding 1982