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

Musculus niger (J.E. Gray, 1824)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MusculusRöding, 1798accepted genus name
Modiolarca Gray, 1843 synonym
Modiolaria Beck in Robert, 1838 synonym

Species group names

Modiola nigra Gray, 1824 basionym
Modiola nigra Gray, 1824 synonym
Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788) synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): svartskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: sort musculus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: zwarte streepschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: black mussel sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 Norwegian: svartskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: svartskjell sources: Capt. Parry's first Voyage, Suppl.: 244
 Norwegian Nynorsk: svartskjel sources: Capt. Parry's first Voyage, Suppl.: 244
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): svartskjel

Literature

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

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

additional source

ITIS database

additional source

Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Musculus niger (J.E. Gray, 1824). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140474

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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