mussels
Mytilidae
The Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits freshwater environments. Mytilidae, which contains some 52 genera, is the only extant family within the order Mytilida.
Species in the family Mytilidae 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.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Mytilinae
subfamilyMytilinae
Brachidontinae
subfamilyBrachidontinae
Crenellinae
subfamilyCrenellinae
Mytiliseptinae
subfamilyMytiliseptinae
Aulacomya
genusAulacomya
Lithophaginae
subfamilyLithophaginae
Septiferinae
subfamilySeptiferinae
Dacrydiinae
subfamilyDacrydiinae
Amygdalum
genusAmygdalum
Urumella
genusUrumella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50600.