Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytiloida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae

Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Mytilodonta Coen, 1935 synonym

Children

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)
Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1883

Literature

original description

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, 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. 180-213

additional source

Nomenclator Zoologicus

Genbank

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External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138227

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2011-12-30 by Serge Gofas

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