Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Mytilida

family

Mytilidae

genus

Mytilus

Name

Synonyms

Crassimytilus Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979

Eumytilus Ihering, 1900

Mitilus Corsi, 1900

Mitylus d'Orbigny, 1850

Mylilus Röder, 1882

Myrtilus Loudon, 1844

Mytelus Meek & Hayden, 1856

Mythus de Serres, 1838

Mytilas Mayer, 1872

Mytilis Whitelegge, 1889

Mytillus Say, 1822

Mytulus Müller, 1780

Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984

Homonyms

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

イガイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)