Mytilidae
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| Two Mytilus edulis washed up on a beach
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Superfamily: | Mytiloidea |
| Family: | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Mytilidae are a
molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, even inhabits freshwater environments. Mytilidae, which contains some 52 genera, is the only extant family within the order Mytilida.[1]
Species in the family Mytilidae are found worldwide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the
deep-sea
habitats.
Mytilids include the well-known edible sea mussels.
A common feature of the shells of mussels is an asymmetrical shell which has a thick, adherent periostracum. The animals attach themselves to a solid substrate using a byssus.
A 2020 study of the phylogeny of Mytilidae recovered two main
epifaunal ancestor, with subsequent lineages shifting to other lifestyles, and correlating convergent evolution of siphon traits.[2]
Genera
Mytilus californianus
barnacles on the Cornish coast near Newquay
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Genera within the family Mytilidae include:[1]
- Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927
- Adula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
- Musculista)
- Arenifodiens Wilson, 2006
- Arvella Bartsch, 1960
- Aulacomya Mörch, 1853
- Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985
- Benthomodiolus Dell, 1987
- Botula Mörch, 1853
- Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
- Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952
- Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Crenomytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Dacrydium Torell, 1859
- Exosiperna Iredale, 1929
- Fungiacava T. F. Goreau, N. I. Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968
- Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
- Gibbomodiola Sacco, 1898
- Gigantidas Cosel & Marshall, 2003
- Gregariella Monterosato, 1884
- Idas Jeffreys, 1876
- Idasola Iredale, 1939
- Ischadium Jukes-Browne, 1905
- Jolya Bourguignat, 1877
- Leiosolenus Carpenter, 1857
- Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1882
- Dall, 1898
- Lithophaga Röding, 1798
- Megacrenella Habe & Ito, 1965
- Modiolatus Jousseaume, 1893
- Modiolula Sacco, 1898
- Modiolarca Gray, 1842
- Lamarck, 1799
- Musculus Röding, 1798
- Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Monterosato, 1884
- Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758; includes most edible mussel species
- Perna Philipsson, 1788 - incl. New Zealand green-lipped mussel
- Perumytilus Olsson, 1961
- Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
- Semimytilus Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Septifer Recluz, 1848
- Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934
- Solamen Iredale, 1924
- Stavelia Gray, 1858
- Tamu Gustafson, Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
- Trichomya Ihering, 1900
- Urumella Hayami & Kase, 1993
- Vilasina Bartsch, 1960
- Vulcanidas Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2010
- Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967
- Zelithophaga Finlay, 1926
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014).Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 World Register of Marine Species
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