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Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Common mussel

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Mytilus edulis

Concarneau Bay, France, 3 meters, 2005, WBN

Mytilus edulis

Concarneau Bay, France, intertidal zone, 2010, WBN

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Mollusca (Phylum)
Bivalvia (Class)
Autobranchia (Subclass)
Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
Mytilida (Order)
Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
Mytilidae (Family)
Mytilinae (Subfamily)
Mytilus (Genus)
Mytilus edulis (Species)

Authors

Text : © 2006 - 2025.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.

Données de distribution : Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-09.

Guide des Tuniciers

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species


Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Mollusca (Phylum)
Bivalvia (Class)
Autobranchia (Subclass)
Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
Mytilida (Order)
Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
Mytilidae (Family)
Mytilinae (Subfamily)
Mytilus (Genus)
Mytilus edulis (Species)

Guide des Tuniciers

Authors

Text : © 2006 - 2025.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

How to cite this page

En cours de rédaction, June 2006, Description of Mytilus edulis, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/14/mytilus-edulis.php, consulted on 2025 October 09.

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