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blue mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Mytiloida »  family Mytilidae - sea mussels

Other names

= Mediterranean mussel

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Mytilus edulis - blue mussel
Mytilus edulis - blue mussel

Author: Karla Otta
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 11

subspecies Mytilus edulis abbreviatus J. B. Lamarck, 1818
subspecies Mytilus edulis aoteanus A. W. B. Powell, 1958
subspecies Mytilus edulis diegensis Coe, 1946
subspecies Mytilus edulis elegans Brown, 1827
subspecies Mytilus edulis modiolaeformis E. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg, & G. Dollfus, 1889
subspecies Mytilus edulis obesus E. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg, & G. Dollfus, 1889
subspecies Mytilus edulis planulatus J. B. Lamarck, 1819
subspecies Mytilus edulis platensis d'Orbigny, 1846
subspecies Mytilus edulis retusus J. B. Lamarck, 1818
subspecies Mytilus edulis spathulinus E. A. A. Locard, 1889
subspecies Mytilus edulis uncinnatus E. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg, & G. Dollfus, 1889

Links and literature

EN ARKive [ARK/invertebrates_marine/Mytilus_edulis]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]

IT Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy [as Mytilus edulis Linné, 1758]

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