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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus, 1758
- blue mussel
(mollusc)
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Mytilus (Genus)
..Crassimytilus (Subgenus)
..Mytilus (Subgenus)
..Mytilus californianus (Species) - California mussel
..Mytilus galloprovincialis (Species) - Mediterranean mussel
..Mytilus trossulus (Species) - foolish mussel
..Sinomytilus (Subgenus)
..Mytilus edulis (Species) - blue mussel
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 705.
Types
Type of
:
Mytilus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mossel
Ref:
A.C. Campbell, 1994 (1976)
:
gewone mossel
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
blue mussel
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 31.
:
edible blue mussel
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 31.
:
common mussel
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 31.
Vernacular Names (Russian)
Full name
:
Мидия съедобная [Midiya sʺedobnaya]
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 31.
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