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

Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815

Literature

original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.

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

Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. Molluscan Research. 35(4): 227-245.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. 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:491766

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2024-03-02 by Bruce Marshall

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