Mytilus edulis

Mytilus edulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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: Mytilus edulis

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. Reference page. 

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• 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]

Links

• Mytilus edulis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180514024908/http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1421 MARlin

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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