Mytella

Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.^[2]

Mytella
Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Superfamily:	Mytiloidea
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955 [1]
Type species
Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819

Species

• Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825)^[3]
• Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819^[4]
• Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)^[3]
• Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)^[3]
• Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)^[3]

Synonyms

• Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
• Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
• Mytella falcata (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
• Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967: synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)

References

1. Soot-Ryen, T. (1955) A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock publications 20, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, 174 pp., 10 pls.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
3. Bouchet, Philippe (2020). "Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
4. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mytella guyanensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

• Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

External links

• Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20