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Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

140480  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140480)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Note «in O. Europaeo, Indico & M. Balthico»  
Type locality «in O. Europaeo, Indico & M. Balthico» [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140480 on 2025-05-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140480 on 2025-05-10
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Mytilus abbreviatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 127 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus minganensis Mighels, 1844) Mighels, J. W. (1844). Some specimens of shells, with descriptions. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 187-189.
page(s): 188 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus notatus De Kay, 1844) De Kay, J. E. (1844). Zoology of New York, or the New York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part V. Mollusca. Albany. 271 pp, pls 1-40. [Introductory notice page iv is dated 1 Februari 1844]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 182; pl. 13, fig. 223 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus pellucidus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 95; pl. 63 fig. 75 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus vulgaris da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 216-218; pl. 15 fig. 5 left [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mytilus angulatus W. Williamson, 1834) Williamson W. (1834). A notice of localities, habits, characteristics, and synonymes of a rare British species of <i>Mytilus</i>.. <i>Magazine of Natural History 7</i>: 353-354
page(s): 354 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus petasunculinus Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 497, 601 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus solitarius W. Williamson, 1834) Williamson W. (1834). A notice of localities, habits, characteristics, and synonymes of a rare British species of <i>Mytilus</i>.. <i>Magazine of Natural History 7</i>: 353-354
page(s): 354 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus spathulinus Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Révision des espèces françaises appartenant au genre <i>Mytilus</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 83-164, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12243531
page(s): 134 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus trigonus Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Révision des espèces françaises appartenant au genre <i>Mytilus</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 83-164, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12243531
page(s): 102 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus retusus var. acrocyrta Locard, 1889) Locard, A. (1889). Révision des espèces françaises appartenant au genre <i>Mytilus</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 83-164, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12243531
page(s): 132 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus retusus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 127 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus subsaxatilis W. Williamson, 1834) Williamson W. (1834). A notice of localities, habits, characteristics, and synonymes of a rare British species of <i>Mytilus</i>.. <i>Magazine of Natural History 7</i>: 353-354
page(s): 353-354 [details] 

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) ICES Contaminants and biological effects database (DOME – Biota). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Lubet P. (1959). Recherches sur le cycle sexuel et l'émission des gamètes chez les Mytilidés et les Pectinidés. <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 23(3): 384-548., available online at http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1959/publication-4507.pdf [details] 

additional source Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(9): 97-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596720
page(s): 100 [details] 

additional source MacIntyre, R. J. (1975). Current research into the biology of farming mussels in Australia. <em>Malacological Review.</em> 9: 138. [details] 

additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 61(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284747
page(s): 48 [details] 

additional source Martens, E. von. (1886). Votum. In: R. Virchow (ed.). Beiträge zue Kenntniss der giftigen Miesmuscheln. <em>Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und physologie und klinische medizin.</em> 104: 174-180, Berlin. [details] 

additional source Martens, E. von. (1886). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der giftigen Miesmuscheln. <em>Der Naturforscher, Tübingen.</em> 19(30): 307-308. [details] 

additional source Carriker, M. R. (1979). Ultrastructural effect of cleaning molluscan shell with sodium hypochlorite (Clorox). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(2-3): 47-50, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8275103 [details] 
 
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Type locality «in O. Europaeo, Indico & M. Balthico» [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch mosseleetbare mosselblauwe mossel  [details]
English edible blue musselcommon musselblue mussel  [details]
French moule communmoule comestible  [details]
German essbare Miesmuschel  [details]