WoRMS name details

Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857

541661  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541661)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mytilidae (Family)
  10. Mytilinae (Subfamily)
  11. Mytilus (Genus)
  12. Mytilus splendens (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [details] 
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541661 on 2025-04-12
Date
action
by
2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2021-07-07 04:55:05Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-12-27 07:01:05Z
changed
Köhler, Frank

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Nomenclature

original description Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Signorelli J. & Pastorino G. (2021). <i>Semimytilus patagonicus</i> (d'Orbigny, 1842) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) revealed as the valid name with priority over <i>Semimytilus algosus</i> (Gould, 1850). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 150(1): 55-63.
page(s): 56 [details] 

Other

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 IMIS)
note: treated as synonym of Modiolus capax [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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