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

*Mytilus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted 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.

Genbank

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