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Mytilidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79451

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2002    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumMollusca  -- molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco  
       ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 -- bivalve, bivalves, bivalves, clams, mexilhão, ostra, palourdes  
          SubclassPteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944  
             OrderMytiloida Ferussac, 1822  
                FamilyMytilidae Rafinesque, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                   Genus Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927  
                   Genus Adula H. Adams and A. Adams, 1857  
                   Genus Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811  
                   Genus Arcuatula Soot-Ryen, 1955  
                   Genus Botula Mörch, 1853  
                   Genus Brachidontes Swainson, 1840  
                   Genus Crenella T. Brown, 1827  
                   Genus Dacrydium Torell, 1859  
                   Genus Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959  
                   Genus Gregariella di Monterosato, 1884  
                   Genus Idasola Iredale, 1939  
                   Genus Ischadium Jukes-Browne, 1905  
                   Genus Lioberus Dall, 1898  
                   Genus Lithophaga Roding, 1798  
                   Genus Megacrenella Habe and Ito, 1965  
                   Genus Modiolula Sacco, 1898  
                   Genus Modiolus Lamarck, 1799  
                   Genus Musculista Yamamoto and Habe, 1958  
                   Genus Musculus Roding, 1798  
                   Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758  
                   Genus Perna Philipsson, 1788  
                   Genus Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884  
                   Genus Septifer Recluz, 1848  
                   Genus Solamen Iredale, 1924  
                   Genus Stenolena Dall, Bartsch, and Rehder, 1938  
                   Genus Vilasina Bartsch, 1960  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Mytilidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millard, V.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Victor Millard   
  Publication Place: South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-620-21261-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mytilidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mytilidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mytilidae   
       

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