Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Mytilida
Superfamiliae (1 + †1): †Modiolopsoidea – Mytiloidea
Name
Mytilida Ferussac, 1922
References
Template:Ferussac, 1922
Links
Mytilida – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Mytilida – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Mytilida – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Mytilida - Taxon details on iNaturalist.
Mytilida – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
Mytilida – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Mytilida – Taxon details on National Biodiversity Network (NBN).
Mytilida – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Mytilida – Taxon details on New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR).
Mytilida – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Mytilida is an order of marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as true mussels.[1] There is one extant superfamily, the Mytiloidea, with a single extant family, the Mytilidae.
Species in the order Mytilida are found worldwide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the intertidal zone and the shallow subtidal. The subfamily Bathymodiolinae is found in deep-sea habitats.
Mytilids include the well-known edible sea mussels.
A common feature of the shells of mussels is an asymmetrical shell that has a thick, adherent periostracum. The animals attach themselves to a solid substrate using a byssus.
2010 taxonomy
In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan. This included the suborder Mytiloida.[2]
Superfamily †Modiolopsoidea
Family †Colpomyidae
Family †Modiolopsidae
Family †Saffordiidae
Superfamily Mytiloidea
Family †Mysideiellidae
Family Mytilidae
References
Mytilida Ferussac, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. (2010) Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184
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