Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytiloida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae

Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilodonta*	Coen, 1935	synonym

Children

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)
Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1883

Literature

original description	Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus