MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

WoRMS taxon details

Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

491766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491766)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Mytilida

Original name

Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Mytilacea · unaccepted (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)

Direct children (4)

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Family Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950
Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Crenellidae Gray, 1840 accepted as Crenellinae Gray, 1840
Family Musculidae Iredale, 1939 accepted as Crenellinae Gray, 1840

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Book]. 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491766 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-21 10:01:51Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-11-14 20:28:22Z

checked

Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-02 18:58:43Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Book]. 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]

basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details]

additional source Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. Molluscan Research. 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytiloidea)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)