Mytilidae

Classification

Genera in Mytilidae

• Mytilus — 187 species: Mytilus acutecarinatus, Mytilus addicottii, Mytilus affinis, Mytilus alaeformis, Mytilus alaris, Mytilus allisoni, Mytilus alpinus, Mytilus alternatus
• Modiolus — 138 species: Modiolus addicotti, Modiolus adelaidensis, Modiolus adriaticus, Modiolus albicosta, Modiolus altiobliquus, Modiolus amaurus, Modiolus americanus, Modiolus anatinus
• Modiola — 90 species: Modiola aequalis, Modiola alabamensis, Modiola alabamiensis, Modiola ameghinoi, Modiola amygdalina, Modiola andina, Modiola angustissima, Modiola annandalei
• Musculus — 66 species: Musculus aizyensis, Musculus alganus, Musculus arcacea, Musculus arenularius, Musculus aviarius, Musculus balcombei, Musculus bellulus, Musculus bernayi
• Mysidioptera — 62 species: Mysidioptera ambigua, Mysidioptera ampezzana, Mysidioptera angusticostata, Mysidioptera aurita, Mysidioptera aviculaeformis, Mysidioptera baconica, Mysidioptera bassanii, Mysidioptera beneckei
• Brachidontes — 56 species: Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes aequatorialis, Brachidontes ambiguus, Brachidontes armoricensis, Brachidontes asper, Brachidontes bathonicus, Brachidontes bifurcatus, Brachidontes biochii
• Perna — 38 species: Perna anderssoni, Perna antiqua, Perna bosniaca, Perna bouei, Perna canaliculus, Perna coolyenensis, Perna crassitesta, Perna eurynota
• Leiosolenus — 35 species: Leiosolenus aristatus, Leiosolenus attenuatus, Leiosolenus bisulcatus, Leiosolenus calyculatus, Leiosolenus canaliferus, Leiosolenus carmenae, Leiosolenus dahabensis, Leiosolenus dixonae
• Dacrydium — 34 species: Dacrydium abyssorum, Dacrydium albidum, Dacrydium alleni, Dacrydium angulare, Dacrydium balgimi, Dacrydium cupressinum, Dacrydium dauvini, Dacrydium elegantulum
• Lithophaga — 33 species: Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga brevis, Lithophaga caperata, Lithophaga carolinensis, Lithophaga clarki, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga cylindrica
• Bathymodiolus — 30 species: Bathymodiolus aduloides, Bathymodiolus akanudaensis, Bathymodiolus antarcticus, Bathymodiolus anteumbonatus, Bathymodiolus azoricus, Bathymodiolus billschneideri, Bathymodiolus boomerang, Bathymodiolus brooksi
• Crenella — 27 species: Crenella arenaria, Crenella caudiva, Crenella cocentrica, Crenella cucullata, Crenella decussata, Crenella divaricata, Crenella elegans, Crenella elegantula
• Septifer — 26 species: Septifer biflurcatus, Septifer bilocularis, Septifer coalingensis, Septifer convolutus, Septifer cumingii, Septifer dichotomus, Septifer elegans, Septifer excisus
• Gregariella — 23 species: Gregariella arcaeformis, Gregariella australis, Gregariella bakeri, Gregariella barbata, Gregariella chenui, Gregariella coarctata, Gregariella coralliophaga, Gregariella denticulata
• Idas — 17 species: Idas argenteus, Idas coppingeri, Idas cristiani, Idas cylindricus, Idas dalli, Idas emmae, Idas filippoi, Idas ghisottii
• Promytilus — 15 species: Promytilus acinaciformis, Promytilus annosus, Promytilus aurioides, Promytilus borealis, Promytilus cancellatus, Promytilus ensiformis, Promytilus laevis, Promytilus maiyensis
• Amygdalum — 14 species: Amygdalum americanum, Amygdalum anoxicolum, Amygdalum arborescens, Amygdalum barbatiaeforme, Amygdalum dolichum, Amygdalum newcombi, Amygdalum pallidulum, Amygdalum peasei
• Botula — 12 species: Botula aestuaria, Botula alepidosauri, Botula argentina, Botula cablei, Botula cinnamomea, Botula cordata, Botula cylista, Botula fusca
• Gigantidas — 12 species: Gigantidas childressi, Gigantidas coseli, Gigantidas crypta, Gigantidas gladius, Gigantidas haimaensis, Gigantidas horikoshii, Gigantidas mauritanicus, Gigantidas platifrons
• Solamen — 12 species: Solamen bulla, Solamen columbianum, Solamen dollfusi, Solamen glandula, Solamen leanum, Solamen megas, Solamen persicum, Solamen recens
• Arcoperna — 11 species: Arcoperna brevis, Arcoperna capillaris, Arcoperna inflata, Arcoperna linteata, Arcoperna mellevillei, Arcoperna profunda, Arcoperna radiolata, Arcoperna searlesi
• Arcuatula — 11 species: Arcuatula arcuatula, Arcuatula capensis, Arcuatula elegans, Arcuatula glaberrima, Arcuatula japonica, Arcuatula papyria, Arcuatula perfragilis, Arcuatula senhousia
• Rhomboidella — 11 species: Rhomboidella canariensis, Rhomboidella capensis, Rhomboidella malaccana, Rhomboidella obesa, Rhomboidella perstriata, Rhomboidella popovi, Rhomboidella prideauxi, Rhomboidella radians
• Adipicola — 10 species: Adipicola apenninica, Adipicola arctuatilis, Adipicola chikubetsuensis, Adipicola crypta, Adipicola dubia, Adipicola iwaotakii, Adipicola leticiae, Adipicola osseocola
• Modiolatus — 10 species:
• Volsellina — 10 species:
• Adula — 8 species:
• Xenostrobus — 8 species:
• Mytilaster — 7 species:
• Steinmannia — 6 species:
• Arcomytilus — 5 species:
• Benthomodiolus — 5 species:
• Inoperna — 5 species:
• Limnoperna — 5 species:
• Mytella — 5 species:
• Vilasina — 5 species:
• Arvella — 4 species:
• Cuneolus — 4 species:
• Exosiperna — 4 species:
• Jolya — 4 species:
• Lioberus — 4 species:
• Mytilisepta — 4 species:
• Nypamodiolus — 4 species:
• Aulacomya — 3 species:
• Choromytilus — 3 species:
• Falcimytilus — 3 species:
• Lithodomina — 3 species:
• Lycettia — 3 species:
• Parabrachidontes — 3 species:
• Sinomytilus — 3 species:
• Vignadula — 3 species:
• Byssogerdius — 2 species:
• Ciboticola — 2 species:
• Geukensia — 2 species:
• Mauricia — 2 species:
• Modiolula — 2 species:
• Paramusculus — 2 species:
• Semimodiola — 2 species:
• Terua — 2 species:
• Trichomya — 2 species:
• Vulcanidas — 2 species:
• Acroperna — 1 species:
• Admytilus — 1 species:
• Arenifodiens — 1 species:
• Assytilus — 1 species:
• Crenomytilus — 1 species:
• Fungiacava — 1 species:
• Gibbomodiola — 1 species:
• Ischadium — 1 species:
• Lanistina — 1 species:
• Lecompteus — 1 species:
• Limnolycettia — 1 species:
• Manticula — 1 species:
• Mytiloconcha — 1 species:
• Mytilosootus — 1 species:
• Nodomytilus — 1 species:
• Perumytilus — 1 species:
• Praemytilus — 1 species:
• Regulifer — 1 species:
• Samiolus — 1 species:
• Scolimytilus — 1 species:
• Semimytilus — 1 species:
• Stavelia — 1 species:
• Tamu — 1 species:
• Terna — 1 species:
• Urumella — 1 species:
• Xenomytilus — 1 species:
• Zelithophaga — 1 species:
• Eyrena
• Phthonia

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.