Mytilus californianus

Mytilus californianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Mytilida Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Subfamilia: Mytilinae
Genus: Mytilus
Species: Mytilus californianus

Name

Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837: 242, pl. 18 fig. 15.

Synonymy

• Mytilus californicus (misspelling)
• Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819
• Mytilus edulis f. giganteus von Nordmann, 1862
• Mytilus giganteus von Nordmann, 1862
• Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819

References

Primary references

• Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(2): 227–268. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Soot-Ryen, T. 1955. A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 20(1): 1-174, Plates 1-10, Fig. 1-78. Online BHL. Reference page.  [see page 20]

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