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Mytilus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Mytilinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mytilus LINNÉ, 1758, p. 704
Type Species:
M. edulis, SD GRAY, 1847, p. 198
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Fig. C16,2. *M. edulis, Rec., France; 2a, RV ext., X1 (89a), 2b, muscle scars, × 1 (860)
Synonyms
Mytulus, Mytilarius, Mytiligenus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Wedgeshaped, elongate, beaks terminal, lunule with radiating folds forming dysodont teeth on anterior margin, anterior retractor scar elongate, behind umbo, anterior adductor small but distinct, margins not crenulated, surface smooth or with radial ribs which are not bent dorsalward
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Mytilinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mytilus LINNÉ, 1758, p. 704
Type Species:
M. edulis, SD GRAY, 1847, p. 198
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C16,2. *M. edulis, Rec., France; 2a, RV ext., X1 (89a), 2b, muscle scars, × 1 (860)
Synonyms
Mytulus, Mytilarius, Mytiligenus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Wedgeshaped, elongate, beaks terminal, lunule with radiating folds forming dysodont teeth on anterior margin, anterior retractor scar elongate, behind umbo, anterior adductor small but distinct, margins not crenulated, surface smooth or with radial ribs which are not bent dorsalward