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

Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Musculus*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Musculus coenobitus*	(Vaillant, 1865)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus costulatus*	(Risso, 1826)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus discors*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus glacialis*	(Leche, 1883)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus niger*	(J. E. Gray, 1824)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus subpictus*	(Cantraine, 1835)	taxonomically included in
*Musculus viridulus*	(H. Adams, 1871)	taxonomically included in
*Crenella (Modiolaria)*	Beck, 1838	synonym
*Modiola (Modiolarca)*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Modiolarca*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Modiolaria*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Musculus (Modiolarca)*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Mytilus (Modiolarca)*	Gray, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Modiola europea*	Weinkauff, 1867	synonym
*Modiola poliana*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Modiola tumida*	Hanley, 1843	synonym
*Modiolarca subpicta*	(Cantraine, 1835)	synonym
*Modiolarca tumida*	(Hanley, 1843)	synonym
*Modiolus subpictus*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Musculus tumidus*	(Hanley, 1843)	synonym
*Mytilus marmoratus*	Forbes, 1838	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: marbled crenella; marbled musculus; marbled mussel; spotted 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.

German: Marmor-Bohnenmuschel; Marmorierte Bohnenmuschel

Literature

basis of record	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	Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898].
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. Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835). 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:506128