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

Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Arcuatula*	Jousseaume, 1919	taxonomically included in
*Crenella*	T. Brown, 1827	taxonomically included in
*Musculus*	Röding, 1798	taxonomically included in
*Perna*	Philipsson, 1788	taxonomically included in
*Rhomboidella*	Monterosato, 1884	taxonomically included in
*Solamen*	Iredale, 1924	taxonomically included in
*Arcuatulinae*	Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979	synonym
*Crenellidae*	J. E. Gray, 1840	synonym
*Musculidae*	Iredale, 1939	synonym

Children

Arcuatula Jousseaume, 1919
Crenella T. Brown, 1827
Musculus Röding, 1798
Perna Philipsson, 1788
Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
Solamen Iredale, 1924

Literature

basis of record	Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae039: 1-11.
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	Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crenellinae J. E. Gray, 1840. 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:510721