Mytiloidea

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Mytiloidea
Two
Mytilus edulis
washed up on a beach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Superfamily: Mytiloidea
Rafinesque, 1815

Mytiloidea are a

molluscs in the order Mytilida
.

Mytiloidea contains two families, Mysideiellidae, which is known only from fossils and Mytilidae, which has living representatives.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184