''Mytella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the subfamily
Arcuatulinae of the family
Mytilidae
The Mytilidae are a family (biology), family of small to large Marine life, marine and Brackish water, brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order (biology), order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna fortunei, Limnoperna'', even inhabits f ...
, the mussels.
Species
* ''
Mytella brasiliensis''
(Gray, 1825)
* ''
Mytella guyanensis''
J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819
* ''
Mytella speciosa
''Mytella'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species
* '' Mytella brasiliensis'' (Gray, 1825)
* '' Mytella guyanensis'' J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819
* '' Myte ...
'' (Reeve, 1857)
* ''
Mytella strigata
''Mytella strigata'' is a Bivalvia, bivalve, commonly known as the charru mussel or charrua mussel. This species was described by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley based on a specimen from the Philippines. It was found in Central and South America an ...
'' (Hanley, 1843)
* ''
Mytella tumbezensis''
(Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
;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
* 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.
etails
External links
Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20
Mytilidae
Bivalve genera
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