Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Dacrydiinae > Genus Dacrydium

Dacrydium vitreum (Møller, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Modiola Moench

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dacrydium*	Torell, 1859	accepted genus name
*Mytilus (Dacrydium)*	Torell, 1859	synonym

Species group names

*Mytilus vitrea*	Møller, 1842	orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: キタノヒバリガイ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Kamenev G.M. (2013) Species composition and distribution of bivalves in bathyal and abyssal depths of the Sea of Japan. Deep-Sea Research II 86-87: 124-139. [Published online 2 August 2012]
redescription	Salas, C.; Gofas, S. (1997). Brooding and non-brooding Dacrydium (Bivalvia, Mytilidae): a review of the Atlantic species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63(2): 261-283.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dacrydium vitreum (Møller, 1842). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140449