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Mytilidae | |
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Two shells of Mytilus edulis washed up on a beach | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Superfamily: | Mytiloidea |
Family: | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Genera | |
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Mytilidae are a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marinebivalvemolluscs in the orderMytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits brackish or freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 genera.[1]
Species in the family Mytilidae are found worldwide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the intertidal zone and the shallow subtidal. The subfamily Bathymodiolinae is found in deep-sea habitats.
Mytilids include the well-known edible sea mussels.
A common feature of the shells of mussels is an asymmetrical shell which has a thick, adherent periostracum. The animals attach themselves to a solid substrate using a byssus.
A 2020 study of the phylogeny of Mytilidae recovered two main clades derived from an epifaunal ancestor, with subsequent lineages shifting to other lifestyles, and correlating convergent evolution of siphon traits.[2]
Genera[edit]
Genera within the family Mytilidae include:[1]
- Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927
- AdulaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
- Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919 (incl. Musculista)
- Arenifodiens Wilson, 2006
- Arvella Bartsch, 1960
- AulacomyaMörch, 1853
- Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985
- Benthomodiolus Dell, 1987
- Botula Mörch, 1853
- BrachidontesSwainson, 1840
- Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952
- Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Crenomytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Dacrydium Torell, 1859
- Exosiperna Iredale, 1929
- Fungiacava T. F. Goreau, N. I. Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968
- Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
- Gibbomodiola Sacco, 1898
- Gigantidas Cosel & Marshall, 2003
- GregariellaMonterosato, 1884
- Idas Jeffreys, 1876
- IdasolaIredale, 1939
- IschadiumJukes-Browne, 1905
- Jolya Bourguignat, 1877
- LimnopernaRochebrune, 1882
- LioberusDall, 1898
- LithophagaRöding, 1798
- Megacrenella Habe & Ito, 1965
- Modiolatus Jousseaume, 1893
- Modiolula Sacco, 1898
- Modiolarca Gray, 1842
- ModiolusLamarck, 1799
- MusculusRöding, 1798
- Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955
- MytilasterMonterosato, 1884
- MytilusLinnaeus, 1758; includes most edible mussel species
- Perna Philipsson, 1788 - incl. New Zealand green-lipped mussel
- Perumytilus Olsson, 1961
- RhomboidellaMonterosato, 1884
- Semimytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Septifer Recluz, 1848
- Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934
- SolamenIredale, 1924
- Stavelia Gray, 1858
- Tamu Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
- Trichomya Ihering, 1900
- Urumella Hayami & Kase, 1993
- Vilasina Bartsch, 1960
- Vulcanidas Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2010
- Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967
- Zelithophaga Finlay, 1926
References[edit]
- ^ abBouchet, P. (2014).Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815World Register of Marine Species
- ^Audino, Jorge A.; Serb, Jeanne M.; Marian, José Eduardo A. R. (2020). 'Phylogeny and anatomy of marine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) reveal convergent evolution of siphon traits'. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (2): 592–612. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa011.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Mytilidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Mytilidae at Wikispecies