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

*Musculus*	Röding, 1798	accepted 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

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