Mytilus edulis

Mytilus edulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Mytilida
Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Subfamilia: Mytilinae
Genus: Mytilus
Species:

Name

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 705. Open access Reference page. 

  • Donald T. Stewart, Mamta Jha, Sophie Breton, W. Randolph Hoeh, Pierre U. Blier, 2012: No effect of sperm interactions or egg homogenate on sperm velocity in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90(11): 1291–1296, DOI: 10.1139/z2012-099.
  • 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 19]

Vernacular names

  • čeština: Slávka jedlá
  • Deutsch: Miesmuschel
  • English: Blue mussel, Edible blue mussel
  • euskara: Muskuilu
  • suomi: Sinisimpukka
  • Nordfriisk: Hees
  • français: Moule commune, Moule bleue
  • galego: Mexillón
  • norsk: Blåskjell
  • polski: omułek jadalny
  • svenska: Blåmussla
  • 中文: 藍貝
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