Mytiloidea
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| Mytiloidea | |
|---|---|
| File:Miesmuscheln Mytilus 1.jpg | |
| Two shells of Mytilus edulis washed up on a beach | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Superfamily: | Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Mytiloidea are a superfamily of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida.
Mytiloidea contains two families, Mysideiellidae, which is known only from fossils and Mytilidae, which has living representatives.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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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