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

Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus aoteanus*	Powell, 1958	synonym

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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Huber, M. (2014). Mytilus planulatus 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:506160