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Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815
491766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491766)
accepted
Superfamily
Mytilacea · unaccepted (unaccepted ending for superfamily name)
- Family Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950
- Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Crenellidae Gray, 1840 accepted as Crenellinae Gray, 1840
- Family Musculidae Iredale, 1939 accepted as Crenellinae Gray, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Analysis of nature or Table of the universe and organized bodies]. <em>(self-published), Palermo.</em> 1-224., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491766 on 2024-12-01
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Analysis of nature or Table of the universe and organized bodies]. <em>(self-published), Palermo.</em> 1-224., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]
basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details]
additional source Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details]
basis of record Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): eyae039: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039 [details]
additional source Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 35(4): 227-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1053167 [details]