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Taxonomy
Mytilus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Modiola (Mytilus) by Mansuy (1912).
It was assigned to Modiola by Mansuy (1912); to Anomiidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Mytilidae by Meek (1864), Glenn (1904), Woods (1922), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1976), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Gordillo (1991), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Vervoenen et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Schneider et al. (2005) and El Qot (2006); and to Mytilinae by Iqbal (1973), Moore (1983), Spencer et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
It was reranked as Modiola (Mytilus) by Mansuy (1912).
It was assigned to Modiola by Mansuy (1912); to Anomiidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Mytilidae by Meek (1864), Glenn (1904), Woods (1922), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1976), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Gordillo (1991), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Vervoenen et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Schneider et al. (2005) and El Qot (2006); and to Mytilinae by Iqbal (1973), Moore (1983), Spencer et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
Species
M. (Chloromya), M. (Falcimytilus), M. (Modiola), M. (Mytilus), M. (Pernomytilus), M. (Pharomytilus), M. (Plicatomytilus), M. (Tumidimytilus), M. acutecarinatus, M. affinis, M. alpinus, M. angulatus, M. antiqorum, M. autissiodorensis, M. beaumonti, M. brewsterensis, M. bussoni, M. californianus, M. canoasensis, M. chenui, M. cleopatrae, M. conradinus, M. decipiens, M. deperditus, M. edulis, M. edulis planulatus, M. eurynota, M. galloprovincialis (syn. M. hesperianus), M. glabratus, M. hamiltonensis, M. hamlini, M. hannibali, M. hauniensis, M. homfrayi, M. jurensis, M. lamellosus, M. linguatulus, M. luciferus, M. mabuchii, M. madagascariensis, M. magellanicus, M. minutus, M. mooraboolensis, M. muensteri (syn. M. praeacutus, M. scalaris), M. mulleri, M. multiformis, M. multistriatus, M. nativus, M. nitens, M. ochotensis, M. pauperculus, M. pectinatus, M. periscus, M. productus, M. psilonoti, M. quadratus, M. quenstedti, M. rigaultii, M. rugosus, M. rugulosus, M. sammamishensis, M. scaphoides, M. schencki, M. seminummuarius, M. shulapsensis, M. similis (syn. Modiola plana, M. latus), M. snohomishensis, M. stillaguamishensis, M. stillwaterensis, M. submenkeanus, M. subpectinatus, M. trossulus (syn. M. pedroanus), M. ursensis, M. watersi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mytilus Linnaeus |
| 1841 | Modiola similis Münster p. 81 figs. Pl 7, fig 27 |
| 1843 | Mytilus latus Klipstein p. 257 figs. Pl 17, fig 13 |
| 1843 | Modiola plana Klipstein p. 258 figs. Pl 17, fig 3 |
| 1864 | Mytilus Meek p. 49 |
| 1865 | Mytilus similis Laube p. 43 figs. Pl 16, fig 4 |
| 1904 | Mytilus Glenn p. 362 |
| 1912 | Modiola (Mytilus) Mansuy p. 21 |
| 1922 | Mytilus Woods p. 63 |
| 1923 | Mytilus Clark and Arnold p. 141 |
| 1928 | Mytilus Nagao p. 42 |
| 1931 | Mytilus Olsson p. 41 |
| 1938 | Mytilus Turner p. 45 |
| 1944 | Mytilus Durham p. 140 |
| 1964 | Mytilus Faustman p. 117 |
| 1972 | Mytilus Hertlein and Grant p. 162 |
| 1973 | Mytilus Iqbal p. 15 |
| 1976 | Mytilus Moore p. 44 |
| 1977 | Mytilus Adegoke p. 228 |
| 1980 | Mytilus Vokes p. 27 |
| 1983 | Mytilus Moore pp. A59 - A61 |
| 1984 | Mytilus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 94 |
| 1987 | Mytilus Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
| 1991 | Mytilus Gordillo p. 129 |
| 1998 | Mytilus Lamprell and Healy p. 76 |
| 2000 | Mytilus Vervoenen et al. p. 74 |
| 2001 | Mytilus Todd |
| 2002 | Mytilus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Mytilus Spencer et al. |
| 2005 | Mytilus Schneider et al. p. 114 |
| 2006 | Mytilus El Qot p. 17 |
| 2010 | Mytilus Bouchet et al. |
| 2012 | Mytilus 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.
G. Mytilus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Mytilus (Modiola) Forbes 1846
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†Mytilus (Modiola) blanfordi Weir 1929
†Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus Dacque 1905
Subg. Mytilus (Mytilus) Linnaeus 1758
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†Mytilus (Mytilus) arnoldi Clark 1918
†Mytilus (Mytilus) ascia Gabb 1864
Mytilus (Mytilus) condoni Dall 1890
†Mytilus (Mytilus) haboroensis Noda 1992
†Mytilus (Mytilus) pleshakovi Simonova 1941
†Mytilus (Mytilus) sachalinensis Simonova 1941
Invalid names: Mytilus humerus Conrad 1855 [nomen dubium]
Subg. †Mytilus (Pernomytilus)
Subg. †Mytilus (Pharomytilus) Rollier 1914
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†Mytilus (Pharomytilus) glendayi Weir 1929
†Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus Sowerby 1819
Subg. †Mytilus (Plicatomytilus)
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†Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) gratacapi Allison and Addicott 1976
†Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) middendorffi Grewingk 1850
†Plicatomytilus allisoni Kafanov 1985
Subg. Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) Kafanov 1984
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†Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) addicotti Kafanov 1985
†Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) chejsleveemensis Slodkewitsch 1938
†Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) tichanovitchi Makiyama 1934
†Mytilus acutecarinatus Bittner 1901
†Mytilus affinis Sowerby 1829
†Mytilus alpinus Guembel 1861
†Mytilus angulatus Riedel 1933
†Mytilus antiqorum Sowerby 1821
†Mytilus autissiodorensis Cotteau 1853
†Mytilus beaumonti de Verneuil 1845
†Mytilus brewsterensis Hassan 1953
†Mytilus bussoni Collignon 1971
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837
†Mytilus canoasensis Olsson 1931
Mytilus chenui Récluz 1842
†Mytilus cleopatrae Oppenheim 1903
†Mytilus conradinus d'Orbigny 1852
†Mytilus decipiens Wilckens 1907
†Mytilus deperditus Tate 1887
Mytilus edulis ungulatus Linnaeus 1758
†Mytilus eurynota Cossmann 1887
†Mytilus glabratus Dunker 1846
†Mytilus hamiltonensis Tate 1887
†Mytilus hamlini Loel and Corey 1932
†Mytilus hannibali Clark and Arnold 1923
†Mytilus hauniensis Rosenkrantz 1920
†Mytilus homfrayi Gabb 1864
†Mytilus jurensis Merian 1836
†Mytilus lamellosus Terquem 1855
†Mytilus linguatulus Tate 1887
†Mytilus luciferus Yokoyama 1924
†Mytilus mabuchii Oyama and Mizuno 1958
†Mytilus madagascariensis Newton 1895
Mytilus magellanicus Chemntiz 1785
†Mytilus minutus Goldfuss 1837
†Mytilus mooraboolensis Pritchard 1903
†Mytilus muensteri Klipstein 1843
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Invalid names: Mytilus praeacutus Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Mytilus scalaris Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
†Mytilus mulleri Giebel 1856
Mytilus multiformis Carpenter 1857
†Mytilus multistriatus Meek 1864
†Mytilus nativus Kurushin 1985
†Mytilus nitens Forbes 1846
†Mytilus ochotensis Slodkewitsch 1936
†Mytilus pauperculus Gabb 1864
†Mytilus pectinatus Sowerby 1821
†Mytilus periscus Cox 1936
†Mytilus productus Terquem 1855
†Mytilus psilonoti Quenstedt 1857
†Mytilus quadratus Gabb 1869
†Mytilus quenstedti Giebel 1856
†Mytilus rigaultii Deshayes 1884
†Mytilus rugosus Roemer 1836
†Mytilus rugulosus Bittner 1895
†Mytilus sammamishensis Weaver 1912
†Mytilus scaphoides Bronn 1831
†Mytilus schencki Hanna and Hertlein 1938
†Mytilus seminummuarius Guo 1985
†Mytilus shulapsensis McLearn 1942
†Mytilus snohomishensis Weaver 1912
†Mytilus stillaguamishensis Weaver 1912
†Mytilus stillwaterensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
†Mytilus submenkeanus Tate 1886
†Mytilus subpectinatus D'Orbigny 1850
†Mytilus ursensis Smith 1927
†Mytilus watersi Etherington 1931
Invalid names: Mytilus similis Münster 1841 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 5 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 2.68 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Holocene or 423.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.2 Ma
Collections (721 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ludlow - Pridoli | Morocco | M. sp. (27396) | |
| Pridoli | China (Xinjiang) | M. beyrichi (10931) | |
| Ufimian - Kazanian | China (Qinghai) | M. sp. (68580) | |
| Roadian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. sp. A (161845) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (161842) | |
| Wuchiapingian | India | M. sp. (230614) | |
| Griesbachian | USA (Montana) | M. sp. (44499) | |
| Triassic | Japan (Tokyo) | M. punctus, M. chohi (39668) | |
| Smithian | USA (Utah) | M. sp. (44506) | |
| Spathian | Russian Federation | M. beaumonti (117348) | |
| Aegean | Russian Federation | M. nativus (135966) | |
| Anisian | China (Hubei) | M. sp. (44720) | |
| Anisian | China (Yunnan) | M. seminummuarius (98536) | |
| Anisian | China (Qinghai) | M. sp. (101047 101048) | |
| Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | M. sp. (97695) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | M. euiformis (66084) | |
| Anisian | Russian Federation | M. nativus (135967) | |
| Anisian | USA (Nevada) | M. homfrayi (33200) | |
| Bithynian - Pelsonian | Bulgaria | M. praeacutus (44917) | |
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | Hungary | M. sp. (81051) | |
| Middle Triassic | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | M. mulleri, M. quenstedti (201970) | |