NARMS taxon details
Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815
491766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491766)
accepted
Superfamily
marine, brackish, fresh
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://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491766 on 2025-06-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=491766 on 2025-06-07
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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://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] Available for editors
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] Available for editors
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] Available for editors
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] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
