''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
''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
* ''Mytel ...
''
(Gray, 1825)
* ''
Mytella guyanensis
''Mytella guyanensis'' is a species of tropical saltwater mussel, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. This species has been referred to colloquially as the “Trinidad Swamp Mussel” Bacon, P.R. 1975. Shell form, byssal developmen ...
''
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
''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
* ''Mytell ...
''
(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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