Mytilus (genus)
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| Mytilus Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent |
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| Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Order: | Mytiloida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Mytilus Linnaeus, 1798 |
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Mytilus is a familiar genus (type) of medium to large-sized edible saltwater mussels and marine bivalve molluscs. They are in the family Mytilidae.[1]
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Species [change]
Species within the genus Mytilus include:
- Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 - California mussel
- Mytilus coruscus Gould, 1861
- the Mytilus edulis complex:
- Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mussel, edible blue mussel
- Mytilus edulis platensis d'Orbigny, 1846 = Mytilus chilensis (Hupé, 1854) - Chilean mussel (controversial)
- Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 - Mediterranean mussel
- Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850 - foolish mussel
- Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mussel, edible blue mussel
Human use [change]
Mytilus mussels are widely used as food and in mariculture. In California they are known to have been consumed by coastal Native American people for almost 12,000 years. [2]
Notes [change]
- ↑ A.W.B. Powell, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Erlandson, Jon M., T.C. Rick, T.J. Braje, A. Steinberg, & R.L.Vellanoweth. 2008. Human Impacts on Ancient Shellfish: A 10,000 Year Record from San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:2144-2152.
References [change]
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Wikispecies has information on: Mytilus. |
- Mytilus (TSN {{{ID}}}). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- J. H. McDonald, R. Seed and R.K. Koehn (1991) Allozymes and morphometric characters of three species of Mytilus in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Marine Biology 111: 323-333.
