Mytilidae sunt familia bivalvium marinorum phyli Molluscorum et sola familia ordinis Mytiloidorum. Hic ordo et familia triginta duo genera comprehendunt.

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Testae Mytili edulis in harenam litoris eiectae

Classis : Bivalvia 
Subclassis : Pteriomorphia 
Ordo : Mytiloidea 
Familia : Mytilidae 
Rafinesque, 1815
   
Subdivisiones: Genera
32; vide commentarium.
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Area Mytilorum californianorum, edulium mytilidarum Californiae.
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Mytilidae et Cirripedia in litore Cornubiensi prope Newquay.

Species familiae Mytilidarum totum per orbem terrarum inveniuntur, ampliores in maribus frigidioribus, ubi areas continuas in litoribus saxosis zonarum inter aestus humiliumque locorum subaestuariorum conformant; subfamilia autem Bathymodiolinae in habitationibus maris profundi habitant.

Mytilidae notissimas maris mytilidas edules comprehendunt.

Communis testarum mytilidarum proprietas est testa asymmetros, qui est periostracum crassum et adhaerens. Haec animalia se ad substratum solidum bysso adligant.

Genera

Genera intra familiam Mytilidas sunt:[1][2]

  • Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927
  • Adula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
  • Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
  • Arcuatula Soot-Ryen, 1955
  • Aulacomya Mörch, 1853
  • Bathymodiolus Kenk & Wilson, 1985[3]
  • Botula Mörch, 1853
  • Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
  • Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952[4]
  • Crenella T. Brown, 1827
  • Dacrydium Torell, 1859
  • Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
  • Gigantidas
  • Gregariella Monterosato, 1884
  • Idasola Iredale, 1939
  • Ischadium Jukes-Browne, 1905
  • Lioberus Dall, 1898
  • Lithophaga Röding, 1798
  • Megacrenella Habe & Ito, 1965
  • Modiolula Sacco, 1898
  • Modiolarca Gray, 1842
  • Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
  • Musculista Yamamoto & Habe, 1958
  • Musculus Röding, 1798
  • Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Perna Philipsson, 1788
  • Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
  • Septifer Recluz, 1848
  • Solamen Iredale, 1924
  • Stenolena Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  • Vilasina Bartsch, 1960
  • Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967

Notae

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