MolluscaBase - Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819

Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 126 [details]

Type data

Note Martigues, France

Type locality Martigues, France [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140481 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

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original description Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 126 [details]

original description (of Mytilus dilatatus Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. Annals of Philosophy. new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 139 [details]

original description (of Mytilus fischerianus Tapparone Canefri, 1874) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1874). Zoologia del viaggio intorno al globo della regia fregata Magenta durante gli anni 1865-68. Malacologia (Gasteropodi, Acefali e Brachiopodi). Torino, 161 pp., 4 pls. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11633010
page(s): 138, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Mytilus flavus Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 207; pl. 32 fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Mytilus hesperianus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 127 [details]

original description (of Mytilus lamarckianus Clessin, 1887) Clessin, S. (1886-1890). Die Familie der Mytilidae. In: Küster, H. K. & Clessin, S. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed. 2. 8(2) [Achter Band, dritte Abtheilung]: 13-170, pls 7-36. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. [publication dates: 13-28, pls 7-12 [1886], 29-124, pls 13-32 [1887], 125-132, pls 33-34 [1888]; 133-156, pls 35-36 [1889]; 157-170 [1890]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34263343 [details]

original description (of Mytilus obesus Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus Mytilus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2, 3, Jun. 1857; 4-7, Aug. 1857; 1, 8-11, Jan. 1858 [pl. 9 as "1857"]]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127450 [details]

original description (of Mytilus orbicularis Pallary, 1903) Pallary, P. (1903). Addition à la faune conchyliologique de la Méditerranée. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Marseille, Zool. 8: 4-16, plate 1. Marseille., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11900638 [details]

original description (of Mytilus sagittatus Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 208; pl. 32 fig. 2-3 [details]

original description (of Mytilus succineus Danilo & Sandri, 1856) Danilo, F. & Sandri, G. B. (1856). Elenco nominale dei gasteropodi testacei marini raccolti nei dintorni di Zara. pp. 107-150, In: Programma dell'I.R. ginnasio completo di prima classe: in Zara alla fine dell'anno scolastico 1855-1856. Zara, Tipografia Governiale. , available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=_sJfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA107
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis angustata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 72 [details]

original description (of Mytilus edulis diegensis Coe, 1945) Coe W.R. (1945). Nutrition and growth of the Californian bay-mussel (Mytilus edulia diegensis). Journal of Experimental Zoology, Philadelphia 99: 1-14
page(s): 1-14 [details]

original description (of Mytilus edulis zhirmunskii Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). The systematic position and distribution of mussels. In: Commercial bivalve molluscan mussels and their role in the ecosystem (Scarlato O., ed.) [in russian]. * Zoological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences p. 106-111: [details]

original description (of Mytilus glocinus Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Révision des espèces françaises appartenant au genre Mytilus. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 6: 83-164, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12243531
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Mytilus pelecinus Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Révision des espèces françaises appartenant au genre Mytilus. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 6: 83-164, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12243531
page(s): 98 [details]

original description (of Mytilus edulis zhurmunski Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). The systematic position and distribution of mussels. In: Commercial bivalve molluscan mussels and their role in the ecosystem (Scarlato O., ed.) [in russian]. * Zoological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences p. 106-111: [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. latissima Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. falcata Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. eduliformis Monterosato, 1891) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1891). Molluschi fossili quaternari di S. Flavia. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 10(5): 96-104 [February 1st, 1891], 10(6): 120–125 [March 1st, 1891]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11246197
page(s): 97, footnote [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. angustata R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 72; pl. 5 fig. 12 [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. uncinata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 138 [details]

original description (of Mytilus galloprovincialis var. herculea Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 9 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

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context source (HKRMS) Britton, J. C. (1990). The intertidal crevice fauna of Tolo Channel and Harbour, New Territories, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China . The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 803-835. [details]

additional source Gosling E. (editor) (1992). The mussel Mytilus: ecology, physiology, genetics and culture. * Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, 25. Elsevier, Amsterdam. xiii + 589 pp.: [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rawson, P. D.; Joyner, K. L.; Meetze, K.; Hilbish, T. J. (1996). Evidence for intragenic recombination within a novel genetic marker that distinguishes mussels in the Mytilus edulis species complex. Heredity. 77(6): 599-607., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1996.187 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lubet P. (1959). Recherches sur le cycle sexuel et l'émission des gamètes chez les Mytilidés et les Pectinidés. Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes. 23(3): 384-548., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1959/publication-4507.pdf [details]

additional source Zbawicka, M., Gardner, J.P.A. & Wenne, R. (2019). Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion. Frontiers in Zoology. 16 (32). 12 pp. [details]

additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 99, pl. 33 [details]

additional source Ishida, S.; Iwasaki, K.; Kuwahara, Y. (2005). Initial Invasion History and Process of Range Extension of Mytilus galloprovincialis – Inferred from the Specimens Collected by T. Furukawa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 64 (3-4): 151-159. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 297-305. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayazake, E.; Tanabe, K. (1999). Early Larval Shell Development in Mytilid Bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 58 (3): 119-127. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Ieyama, H. ; Kameoka, O. ; Tan, T. ; Yamasaki, J. (1994). Chromosomes and Nuclear DNA Contents of Some Species in Mytilidae. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 53(4):327-331. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hosomi, A. (1987). On the Density Effeetin Populations of the Mussel,Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 46(2):116-126. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hosomi, A. (1985). The Production, Daily Production, Biomass and Turn-over Rate of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):270--277. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hosomi, A. (1985). On Several Fundamental Allometries of the Mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(3.) : 172-182. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hosomi, A. (1985). On the Persistent Trend of Constant Biomass and the Constant Total Occupation Area of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(1): 33-48. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hosomi, A. (1984). Ecological Studies on the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck)- III. Rise and Fall of Recruited Cohorts in Adult Mussel Bed. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 43(2):157-171. [details] Available for editors

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identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 176-177 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Martigues, France [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species impact South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Irish part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Irish part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Irish part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Canadian part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Irish part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species remark South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) We compared overall reproductive potential of populations of the two species using a 1-year data set for three sites, accounting for within-shore distribution and abundances. Despite the restriction of Mytilus to the more stressful upper-shore, its aggregate reproductive potential was comparable to that of Perna. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Canadian part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: deliberate [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (vessel) [details]

Unreviewed

Synonymy This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of M. edulis. However, Ahmad & Beardmore (1976) have demonstrated, using arguments from electrophoresis (enzyms), that M. galloprovincialis is a separate species. According to Verduin (1979), there are also conchiological arguments to keep the two species distinct. Ahmad & Beardmore (1976) and Verduin (1979) are followed in the use of the name.
Gosling (1984) suggest in a recent review that M. galloprovincialis could be at most a variety of M. edulis. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	midhja e zezë	[details]
Catalan	musclo del Mediterranimusclo de roca	[details]
Dutch	Middellandse-Zeemosselkrombekmossel [from synonym]diepwatermossel	[details]
English	Padstow musselMediterranean musselGalician mussel	[details]
French	moule méditerranéennemoule de provencemoulé de Méditerranée	[details]
Galician	mexillón	[details]
German	SeemuschelMittelmeer-MiesmuschelMittelmeermiesmuschelBlaubartmuschel	[details]
Italian	peozzomuscolomitilo mediterraneocozza	[details]
Japanese	ムラサキイガイ	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Μύδι	[details]
Slovenian	Mediteranska klapavica	[details]
Spanish	mejillón rubiomejillón mediterráneo	[details]