Taxonomy Profile: Mytilidae (Rafinesque 1815)

Mytilidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mytilidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Bivalvia
bivalves |
clams |
bivalve |
mexilhão |
ostra |
bivalves |
palourdes |
Subclass : Pteriomorphia
Order : Mytiloida
Family : Mytilidae
Mytilidae Direct Children(s):
Mytilus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Crenella
(T Brown 1827)
Megacrenella
(Habe and Ito 1965)
Musculus
(Roding 1798)
Dacrydium
(Torell 1859)
Modiolus
(Lamarck 1799)
Arcuatula
(Soot-Ryen 1955)
Brachidontes
(Swainson 1840)
Amygdalum
(Megerle von Muhlfeld 1811)
Adula
(H Adams and A Adams 1857)
Gregariella
(di Monterosato 1884)
Lioberus
(Dall 1898)
Lithophaga
(Roding 1798)
Geukensia
(Van de Poel 1959)
Ischadium
(Jukes-Browne 1905)
Botula
(Mörch 1853)
Idasola
(Iredale 1939)
Septifer
(Recluz 1848)
Musculista
(Yamamoto and Habe 1958)
Rhomboidella
(Monterosato 1884)
Adipicola
(Dautzenberg 1927)
Modiolula
(Sacco 1898)
Perna
(Philipsson 1788)
Solamen
(Iredale 1924)
Vilasina
(Bartsch 1960)
Stenolena
(Dall Bartsch and Rehder 1938)
Mytilidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Mytilidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
Page(s):
526
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-01-8/0097-0638
Notes:
Reference for:
Mytilidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Millard, V.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-04-01 / 1997-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca
Page(s):
1-544
Publisher:
Victor Millard
Publication Place:
South Africa
ISBN/ISSN:
0-620-21261-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mytilidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1989-01-01 / 1989-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
A classification of the living Mollusca
Page(s):
xii+195
Publisher:
American Malacologists, Inc.
Publication Place:
Melbourne, FL, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-915826-22-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mytilidae
Mytilidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mytilidae: Comments
Comment:
mollusca