Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima > Family Mytilinidae

Mytilina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplacidium*	Lauterborn, 1913	generic synonym
*Diplax*	Gosse, 1851	generic synonym
*Salpina*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym

Children

Mytilina bicarinata (Perty, 1850)
Mytilina bisulcata (Lucks, 1912)
Mytilina compressa (Gosse, 1851)
Mytilina crassipes (Lucks, 1912)
Mytilina mucronata (O. F. Müller, 1773)
Mytilina trigona (Gosse, 1851)
Mytilina unguipes (Lucks, 1912)
Mytilina ventralis (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Mytilina videns (Levander, 1894)

Literature

original description	Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. Paris. Veuve Agasse. XI+104.
basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, 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. 149-151
taxonomy source	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.
subsequent type designation	Von Hofsten, N. (1910). Rotatorien aus dem Mästermyr (Gottland) und einigen andern schwedischen Binnengewässern. Arkiv för Zoologi, 6, 1-125

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Mytilina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. 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:134943

Hendrik Segers. Mytilina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7a99215f-5e4c-4229-b449-7761ecae3d3a