Deep-Sea taxon details
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Brachidontinae F. Nordsieck, 1969
- Subfamily Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840
- Genus Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Genus Musculus Röding, 1798
- Genus Hippagus I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Crenella T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Subfamily Dacrydiinae Ockelmann, 1983
- Genus Dacrydium Torell, 1859
- Subfamily Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Genus Lithophaga Röding, 1798
- Subfamily Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Gregariella Monterosato, 1883
- Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
- Subfamily Musculinae Iredale, 1939 accepted as Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Mytilidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211 on 2026-08-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211 on 2026-08-23
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(of Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
taxonomy source Kartavtsev, Y. P.; Masalkova, N. A.; Sharina, S. N.; Lutaenko, K. A. (2026). Molecular Phylogeny and Genetic Divergence of Mussels (Mollusca, Mytilidae) Based on the Sequences of Three Nuclear DNA Genes (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and Histone H3) and One mtDNA Gene (CO-1). <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 45(2): 255-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.045.0203 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel <i>Mytilus</i>: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. <i>* Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.</i>: [details]
additional source Lorion, J.; Kiel, S.; Faure, B.; Kawato, M.; Ho, S. Y. M.; Marshall, B. A.; Tsuchida, S.; Miyazaki, J.-I. & Fujiwara, Y. (2013). Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B.</em> 280: 20131243 (9 pp)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1243 [details]
additional source Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details] Available for editors
additional source Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27912345 [details] Available for editors
redescription 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. [details]
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
taxonomy source Kartavtsev, Y. P.; Masalkova, N. A.; Sharina, S. N.; Lutaenko, K. A. (2026). Molecular Phylogeny and Genetic Divergence of Mussels (Mollusca, Mytilidae) Based on the Sequences of Three Nuclear DNA Genes (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and Histone H3) and One mtDNA Gene (CO-1). <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 45(2): 255-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.2983/035.045.0203 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel <i>Mytilus</i>: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. <i>* Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.</i>: [details]
additional source Lorion, J.; Kiel, S.; Faure, B.; Kawato, M.; Ho, S. Y. M.; Marshall, B. A.; Tsuchida, S.; Miyazaki, J.-I. & Fujiwara, Y. (2013). Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B.</em> 280: 20131243 (9 pp)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1243 [details]
additional source Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details] Available for editors
additional source Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27912345 [details] Available for editors
redescription 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. [details]
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