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

Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Gregariella*	Monterosato, 1883	taxonomically included in
*Mytilus*	Linnaeus, 1758	taxonomically included in
*Musculinae*	Iredale, 1939	synonym

Children

Gregariella Monterosato, 1883
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
additional source	Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815. 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:224589

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Environment

marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

annex IV

IUCN:
Red List status CR 2006 This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2024-10-12 by Simon Schneider

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