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

Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Mytulus*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Mytilus dilatatus*	Gray, 1825	synonym
*Mytilus edulis diegensis*	Coe, 1945	synonym
*Mytilus edulis zhurmunski*	Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979	synonym
*Mytilus flavus*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. angustata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. eduliformis*	Monterosato, 1891	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. falcata*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. frequens*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. herculea*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. latissima*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. trepida*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Mytilus galloprovincialis var. uncinata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Mytilus glocinus*	Locard, 1889	synonym
*Mytilus hesperianus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Mytilus orbicularis*	Pallary, 1903	synonym
*Mytilus pelecinus*	Locard, 1889	synonym
*Mytilus sagittatus*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Mytilus succineus*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja e zezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: musclo de roca; musclo del Mediterrani sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: diepwatermossel; Middellandse-Zeemossel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: Galician mussel; Mediterranean mussel; Padstow mussel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

French: moulé de Méditerranée; moule de provence; moule méditerranéenne sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Galician: mexillón sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Blaubartmuschel; Mittelmeermiesmuschel; Mittelmeer-Miesmuschel; Seemuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Greek: Μύδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cozza; mitilo mediterraneo; muscolo; peozzo sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Japanese: ムラサキイガイ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Slovenian: Mediteranska klapavica

Spanish, Castillian: mejillón mediterráneo; mejillón rubio

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
additional source	Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
additional source	Lubet P. (1959). Recherches sur le cycle sexuel et l'émission des gamètes chez les Mytilidés et les Pectinidés. Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes. 23(3): 384-548.
additional source	Hosomi, A. (1985). On Several Fundamental Allometries of the Mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(3.) : 172-182.
additional source	Ishida, S.; Iwasaki, K.; Kuwahara, Y. (2005). Initial Invasion History and Process of Range Extension of Mytilus galloprovincialis – Inferred from the Specimens Collected by T. Furukawa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 64 (3-4): 151-159.
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	Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel Mytilus: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. * Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.:
additional source	Hayazake, E.; Tanabe, K. (1999). Early Larval Shell Development in Mytilid Bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 58 (3): 119-127.
additional source	Hosomi, A. (1985). On the Persistent Trend of Constant Biomass and the Constant Total Occupation Area of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(1): 33-48.
additional source	Zbawicka, M., Gardner, J.P.A. & Wenne, R. (2019). Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion. Frontiers in Zoology. 16 (32). 12 pp.
additional source	Ieyama, H. ; Kameoka, O. ; Tan, T. ; Yamasaki, J. (1994). Chromosomes and Nuclear DNA Contents of Some Species in Mytilidae. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 53(4):327-331.
additional source	Hosomi, A. (1984). Ecological Studies on the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck)- III. Rise and Fall of Recruited Cohorts in Adult Mussel Bed. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 43(2):157-171.
additional source	Rawson, P. D.; Joyner, K. L.; Meetze, K.; Hilbish, T. J. (1996). Evidence for intragenic recombination within a novel genetic marker that distinguishes mussels in the Mytilus edulis species complex. Heredity. 77(6): 599-607.
additional source	Hosomi, A. (1985). The Production, Daily Production, Biomass and Turn-over Rate of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):270--277.
additional source	Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 297-305.
additional source	Hosomi, A. (1987). On the Density Effeetin Populations of the Mussel,Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 46(2):116-126.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819. 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:140481