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

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilaster*	Monterosato, 1883	accepted genus name
*Mytilodonta*	Coen, 1935	synonym

Species group names

*Mytilus baldi*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Mytilus crispus*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Mytilus lamarckii*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890	synonym
*Mytilus lineatus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Mytilus minimus var. squalidermis*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791). 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:140476