Mytella

Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[2]

Mytella
Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Superfamily: Mytiloidea
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Mytella
Soot-Ryen, 1955 [1]

Species

  • Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819[3]
  • Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967
  • Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
  • Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)

References

  1. Soot-Ryen, T. (1955) A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock publications 20, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, 174 pp., 10 pls.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mytella guyanensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  • 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]


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