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Mytilus galloprovincialis  Lamarck, 1819
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79456

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Mediterranean mussel [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassPteriomorphia   
                         OrderMytilida   
                            SuperfamilyMytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyMytilidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  GenusMytilus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     SpeciesMytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 – Mediterranean mussel  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Mytilus galloprovincialis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Larraín, Maria A., Malgorzata Zbawicka, Cristian Araneda, Jonathan P. A. Gardner, and Roman Wenne  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Native and invasive taxa on the Pacific coast of South America: Impacts on aquaculture, traceability and biodiversity of blue mussels (Mytilus spp.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Evolutionary Applications, vol. 11, no. 3   
  Page(s): 298-311   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1752-4571   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/eva.12553   
  Reference for: Mytilus galloprovincialis   
       
  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  
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  Reference for: Mytilus galloprovincialis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

   

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