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Taxonomy
Mytilus edulis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Cosmopolitan.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis by Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003).
It was recombined as Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis by Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. acutefinitus, M. acutefinitus, M. aequalis, M. aequalus, M. albensis, M. almerae, M. antiquorum, M. aquitanicus, M. avirostrum, M. bathonicus, M. bellus, M. beyrichi, M. canoasenis, M. canoasensis, M. carteroni, M. chohi, M. cloacinus, M. condecoratus, M. conradiana, M. conradianus, M. coruscus, M. couloni, M. crassitesta, M. cuvieri, M. dubisiensis, M. edulus, M. enuiformis, M. euglyphus, M. euiformis, M. faujasi, M. fittoni, M. furanuiensis, M. gillieroni, M. hamatoides, M. hasta, M. heranius, M. incrassata, M. incurvus, M. kewi, M. krishtofovichae, M. lanceolatus, M. lepsii, M. liasinus, M. mathewssonii, M. matronensis, M. matthewsoni, M. michaillensis, M. michelini, M. minimus, M. miocenum, M. mirabilis, M. mitchelli, M. montmollini, M. morrisi, M. nasutus, M. nicobarius, M. nigeriensis, M. nitidulus, M. nummuliticus, M. ovatus, M. peregrinus, M. planulatus, M. planus, M. punctus, M. rissoi, M. rusticus, M. saidi, M. salevensis, M. sammammishensis, M. sammammishensis, M. sanctae-crucis, M. scalprum, M. seranensis, M. simoni, M. stoppani, M. strigillatus, M. sublineatus, M. subreniformis, M. sulmensis, M. tenuiformis, M. tomlini, M. tornacensis, M. trapeza, M. trigonus, M. varians, M. whitei, M. yokoyamai, M. buwaldana, M. aquitanicus, M. haidingeri, M. primulus, M. sublaevis, M. incurvus, M. matthewsonii, M. devjatilovae, M. folioformis, M. littoralis, M. miocenum, M. napanensis, M. pilvoensis, M. podkagernensis, M. shunbetsuensis, M. tener, M. tenuiformis, M. tigilensis, M. tochilnensis, M. pernoides, M. sowerbyanus, M. kamtschaticus
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-10-10; modified by J. Marcot on 2025-05-01
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mytilus edulis Linnaeus p. 705 |
| 1850 | Mytilus edulis Wood p. 52 |
| 1903 | Mytilus edulis Arnold pp. 118 - 119 |
| 1909 | Mytilus ficus Dall p. 113 figs. Pl. 9, figs 1, 4 |
| 1955 | Mytilus edulis Feyling-Hanssen p. 130 |
| 1962 | Mytilus edulis Richards p. 56 |
| 1972 | Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis Hertlein and Grant p. 162 |
| 1983 | Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis Moore p. A61 figs. Plate 13, figures 11, 12 |
| 2000 | Mytilus edulis Coan et al. p. 157 |
| 2000 | Mytilus edulis Vervoenen et al. p. 75 |
| 2003 | Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 52 |
| 2004 | Mytilus edulis Spencer et al. |
| 2012 | Mytilus edulis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 117 |
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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.
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 [bay mussel]
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Mytilus edulis glomeratus Gould 1851
Mytilus edulis ungulatus Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Mytilus ficus Dall 1909 [synonym]
†Mytilus edulis giganteus Wood 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available