Mytilida
Sign in to saveMytilida is an order of marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as true mussels. There is one extant superfamily, the Mytiloidea, with a single extant family, the Mytilidae.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderMytilida
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 3
- Collections
- UWBM, UCMP, SDSM, CAS, SIO, SAMA
- Recorded in
- United States, Vanuatu, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pteriomorphia
- Image
- Miesmuscheln.1420.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Mytiloida
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- taxon name
- Mytilida
- taxon rank
- order
- Commons category
- Mytilida
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- 2010 taxonomy
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Mytilida is an order of marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as true mussels. There is one extant superfamily, the Mytiloidea, with a single extant family, the Mytilidae.
Species in the order Mytilida 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.
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