Mytilidae
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Mytilidae is a family of mussels of the order Mytiloida. These are the well-known edible sea mussels. A common feature is a thick adherent periostracum. They are found world-wide, but more abundantly in cold seas.
[edit] Genera
- Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927
- Adula H. Adams and A. Adams, 1857
- Amygdalum Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
- Arcuatula Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Botula Mörch, 1853
- Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
- Crenella T. Brown, 1827
- Dacrydium Torell, 1859
- Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959
- Gregariella di Monterosato, 1884
- Idasola Iredale, 1939
- Ischadium Jukes-Browne, 1905
- Lioberus Dall, 1898
- Lithophaga Roding, 1798
- Megacrenella Habe and Ito, 1965
- Modiolula Sacco, 1898
- Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
- Musculus Roding, 1798
- Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
- Perna Philipsson, 1788
- Rhomboidella Monterosato, 1884
- Septifer Recluz, 1848
- Solamen Iredale, 1924
- Stenolena Dall, Bartsch, and Rehder, 1938
- Vilasina Bartsch, 1960
