Mytilus (bivalve)
Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible, mainly saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.[1]

Mytilus mussel in California, showing the byssus threads
Mytilus | |
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Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Subfamily: | Mytilinae |
Genus: | Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Mytilus edulis | |
Species | |
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Mytilus edulis shells washed up on the beach
Species
Species within the genus Mytilus include:
- Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837 - California mussel
- Mytilus coruscus Gould, 1861 = M. unguiculatus Valenciennes, 1858
- the Mytilus edulis complex:
- Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - blue mussel, edible blue mussel
- Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 - Mediterranean mussel
- Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1826 - Australian blue mussel
- Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 ( = M. chilensis Hupe, 1854 ) - Chilean blue mussel
- Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850 - foolish mussel
Human use
Mytilus mussels are widely exploited as food and used in marine-culture. For instance, in California, they have been consumed by coastal Native American people for almost 12 000 years.[2]
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mytilus |
- J. H McDonald, R. Seed and R.K. Koehn (1991) Allozymes and morphometric characters of three species of Mytilus in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Marine Biology 111: 323-333.
- A.W.B. Powell, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Erlandson, Jon M., T.C. Rick, T.J. Braje, A. Steinberg, & R.L.Vellanoweth. 2008. Human Impacts on Ancient Shellfish: A 10,000 Year Record from San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:2144-2152.
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