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

Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MytilusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Mytilus dilatatus Gray, 1825 synonym
Mytilus edulis diegensis Coe, 1945 synonym
Mytilus edulis zhurmunski Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 synonym
Mytilus flavus Poli, 1795 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. angustata Philippi, 1836 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. eduliformis Monterosato, 1891 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. falcata Monterosato, 1884 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. frequens Milaschewitsch, 1906 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. herculea Monterosato, 1884 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. latissima Monterosato, 1884 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. trepida Milaschewitsch, 1906 synonym
Mytilus galloprovincialis var. uncinata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 synonym
Mytilus glocinus Locard, 1889 synonym
Mytilus hesperianus Lamarck, 1819 synonym
Mytilus orbicularis Pallary, 1903 synonym
Mytilus pelecinus Locard, 1889 synonym
Mytilus sagittatus Poli, 1795 synonym
Mytilus succineus Danilo & Sandri, 1856 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: midhja e zezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Catalan: musclo de roca; musclo del Mediterrani sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Dutch: diepwatermossel 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: Mediterranean mussel sources: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
 French: moulé de Méditerranée; moule de provence sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Galician: mexillón sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 German: Mittelmeermiesmuschel sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Greek: Μύδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: cozza; mitilo mediterraneo; muscolo; peozzo sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Slovenian: Mediteranska klapavica
 Spanish, Castillian: mejillón mediterráneo; mejillón rubio

Literature

original description

Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the Author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the Author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the Author, 1-711. [August 1822]

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

Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.

additional source

Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

additional source

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

Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (21961 nucleotides; 2082 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (138 publications)
Barcode of Life (134 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819. 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:140481

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