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

Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus edulis kussakini*	Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: foolish mussel

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	Rawson, P.D., S. Hayhurst and B. Vanscoyoc. 2001. Species composition of blue mussel in the northeastern Gulf of Maine. Journal of Shellfish Research 20 (1): 31-38.
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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (169 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
GenBank (803 nucleotides; 579 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850. 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:140482