Mylilus edulis, (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Tëmkin, Ilya, 2006, Morphological perspective on the classification and evolution of Recent Pterioidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (3), pp. 253-312 : 311

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00257.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10544855

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A21B2E24-F274-6350-DC9E-859C29A8FD09

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scientific name

Mylilus edulis
status

 

MYLILUS EDULIS (LINNAEUS, 1758)

West Atlantic , Eastern Point , Nahant , Essex County, Massachusetts, USA, in pool tides, in rocks at low tide (approximately 30 pairs with tissue; AMNH 3399 View Materials -A); East Atlantic , near Tarbet Ness , Rossshire, Scotland, on rocks in tidal pools, 0.1 m (three pairs with tissue; AMNH 179590 View Materials ) .

Principal references: Purdie (1887) (gross anatomy); Field (1923) (detailed anatomy and shell morphology).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Mytilida

Family

Mytilidae

Genus

Mylilus

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