Mytella
Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

  1. 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.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, Philippe (2020). "Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. "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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