WoRMS name details
Mytilia Gosse, 1886
1794645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1794645)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mytilia tavina Gosse, 1886 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Mytilia poecilops Gosse, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mytilia producta Gosse, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mytilia teresa Gosse, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
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Taxonomy Not Mytilia Gray, 1858 (Reptilia). According to V. Hofsten (1912) [Ref.15766] all the species are synonymous with...
Taxonomy Not Mytilia Gray, 1858 (Reptilia). According to V. Hofsten (1912) [Ref.15766] all the species are synonymous with Pleurotrocha (=Proales) reinhardti (Harring, 1913:85) [Ref.361677], which however is pure speculation. [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Mytilia Gosse, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1794645 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
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Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
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Wiszniewski, J. (1954). Matériaux relatifs à la nomenclature et à la bibliographie des rotifères. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii, 2 (2), 7-249 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Original: "Body ovate; lorica as in Colurus, but the head and neck habitually protruded, as well as the whole foot; no frontal hook." [details]Taxonomy Not Mytilia Gray, 1858 (Reptilia). According to V. Hofsten (1912) [Ref.15766] all the species are synonymous with Pleurotrocha (=Proales) reinhardti (Harring, 1913:85) [Ref.361677], which however is pure speculation. [details]
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