Mytella
| Mytella | |
|---|---|
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| Mytella guyanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Superfamily: | Mytiloidea |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819 | |
Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[2]
Species[edit]
- Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825)[3]
- Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819[4]
- Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)[3]
- Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)[3]
- Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)[3]
- Synonyms
- Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
- Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
- Mytella falcata (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
- Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967: synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
References[edit]
- ^ Soot-Ryen, T. (1955) A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock publications 20, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, 174 pp., 10 pls.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ a b c d Bouchet, Philippe (2020). "Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mytella guyanensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
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