Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 7: 227–268, pls 17–20. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=165117

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Mollusca: class
Bivalvia: order
Mytilida: family
Mytilidae: genus
Mytilus: species
Mytilus californianus

Name

Synonyms: Mytilus californicus; Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819; Mytilus edulis giganteus Nordmann, 1862; Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819
Homonyms: Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
Common names: California mussel in language.; California mussel in English; California mussel in English; Kalifornische Miesmuschel in German; common mussel in English; California mussel in English; Kalifornische Miesmuschel in German; common mussel in English

Bibliographic References

Aguilar Rosas, L. E. ; Bertsch, H. ; Pacheco Ruiz, I. (1988). Distribution and Abundance of the Mussel Mytilus californianus along the Pacific Coast of Baja California,Mexico. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 47 (1): 62-70.
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.
Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7: 227-268, pls 17-20.
Heath, H. (1929). Poisonous mussels. The Nautilus. 42(4): 139-140.
Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species.
Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. The Nautilus. 4(9): 97-100.
Meyer, K. F. (1929). Mussel poisoning in California. The Nautilus. 42(3): 100-101.
Richards, O. W. (1928). The growth of the mussel Mytilus californianus. The Nautilus. 41(3): 99-101.
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 297-305.