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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
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 giganteus Wood 1874
Mytilus edulis glomeratus Gould 1851
Invalid names: Mytilus ficus Dall 1909 [synonym]
Mytilus edulis ungulatus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Collections (167 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus ungulatus (1507) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Mytilus ungulatus (57157) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation | Mytilus edulis (49980) | |
| Rupelian - Aquitanian | Russian Federation | Mytilus edulis (50079) | |
| Chattian | Canada (British Columbia) | Mytilus edulis (63086) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation | Mytilus edulis (70448) | |
| Middle Miocene | Iraq | Mytilus edulis (173233) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Italy | Mytilus edulis (78338) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Russian Federation | Mytilus edulis (50042 70472) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus edulis (84756) | |
| Pliocene | Iceland | Mytilus edulis (79902 79904 79974) | |
| Pliocene | Belgium | Mytilus edulis (76982) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation | Mytilus edulis (50080 70469) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus edulis (84764 84798 84819) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain | Mytilus edulis (71144) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Mytilus edulis (62295) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Mytilus edulis (86803 86804 86805 86806) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Mytilus edulis (186031) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Mytilus edulis (71111) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary | Spain | Mytilus edulis (147805) | |
| Gelasian | Belgium | Mytilus edulis (86807) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greenland | Mytilus edulis (75099) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Mytilus edulis (78312) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus edulis (97962 97963 97964 97965 97966 97967 97968 97969 98033 98034 98035 98036 98037 98038 98039 98040 98041 98107 98108 98109) | |
| Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Mytilus edulis (65253 65472 65481 65533 65896 65898 66123 66125 66126) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus edulis (84833) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Mytilus edulis (66600 66601 66603 66621 66622) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Mytilus edulis (71142) | |
| Pleistocene | Iceland | Mytilus edulis (79897 79977 79980) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Mytilus edulis (66377) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Delaware) | Mytilus edulis (66703) | |
| Quaternary | USA (Alaska) | Mytilus edulis (112323) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Mytilus edulis (178118) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Mytilus edulis (127581) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Mytilus edulis (127583) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Mytilus edulis (57705) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Mytilus edulis (70839) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Mytilus edulis (127595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Mytilus edulis (61269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Mytilus edulis (37676 71059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Mytilus edulis (37675) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina | Mytilus edulis (71607 71610) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Iceland | Mytilus edulis (75056 75057) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Quebec) | Mytilus edulis (51019 80133 80135 81686) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Mytilus edulis (96900 96901 240585) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Mytilus edulis (75526) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland (Disko Island) | Mytilus edulis (227045 227046) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Mytilus edulis (37632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Mytilus edulis (98196 98197 98199 98200 98201 98205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mytilus edulis (84832) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Vermont) | Mytilus edulis (66361 66362 66365 66368) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Poland | Mytilus edulis (64001 64027 64028 64029 64031 64033 64109 64114) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Mytilus edulis (51024) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Mytilus edulis (66338 66349 66355 66356 75070 80028 80043 80052 104049) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland | Mytilus edulis (227030 227031 227032 227042) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | Mytilus edulis (75210 75212 75214 75215 75216 75217 75218 75219) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Mytilus edulis (228845) | |
| Holocene | Portugal | Mytilus edulis (196887 196908) | |
| Holocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Mytilus edulis (122440 176525) | |
| Holocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Mytilus edulis (66530 66532) | |
| Holocene | Sweden (Gräso) | Mytilus edulis (80623) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Mytilus edulis (71675 71676 198754) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Mytilus edulis (122450 176524) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Mytilus edulis (66434 66435 66437 66449 66450 66452 66480 66495 66500) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Manitoba) | Mytilus edulis (66505) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Mytilus edulis (66507 66510 228756) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Mytilus edulis (51005) |