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Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815
224589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224589)
accepted
Subfamily
Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Musculinae Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perninae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted
- Genus Adula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Genus Crenomytilus T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Genus Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939
- Genus Gregariella Monterosato, 1883
- Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Praemytilus F. W. Anderson & L. R. Cox, 1948 †
- Genus Trichomya Ihering, 1900
- Genus Botulina Dall, 1889 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Byssogerdius K.-S. Tan, S. H-N. Tan, Sanpanich, Duangdee & Ambarwati, 2021 accepted as Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Eumytilus Ihering, 1900 accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Mitylus [sic] accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Mytelus [sic] accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Mytilites [sic] † accepted as Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 † accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 † accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils)
- Genus Mytulus [sic] accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984 accepted as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Plicatomytilus R. C. Allison & Addicott, 1976 † accepted as Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) R. C. Allison & Addicott, 1976 † represented as Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Propetilus Iredale, 1937 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tibialectus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924 accepted as Gregariella Monterosato, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilinae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224589 on 2026-07-29
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original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
original description (of Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato, O. A. & Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1979). O sisteme podotriada Mytileina (Bivalvia) [English translation: The system of the suborder Mytileina. <i>Malacological Review</i>, 17(1-2): 115-116, 1984]. <em>Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov.</em> 6: 22-25.
page(s): 24-25 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 147; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Mytilidia. [details]
original description (of Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato, O. A. & Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1979). O sisteme podotriada Mytileina (Bivalvia) [English translation: The system of the suborder Mytileina. <i>Malacological Review</i>, 17(1-2): 115-116, 1984]. <em>Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov.</em> 6: 22-25.
page(s): 24-25 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
