Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
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| Infrakingdom | Protostomia
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| Superphylum | Lophozoa
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| Phylum | Mollusca
– mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks |
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| Class | Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
– bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra |
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| Subclass | Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944
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| Order | Mytiloida Ferussac, 1822
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| Family | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
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| Genus | Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Species | Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
– California mussel | |
| Species | Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854
– Chilean mussel | |
| Species | Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
– edible blue mussel, blue mussel | |
| Species | Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
– Mediterranean mussel | |
| Species | Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850
– foolish mussel | |
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