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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Mollusca (phylum)  »  Bivalvia (class)  »  Mytiloida (order)  »  Mytilidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 220752 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mytilus edulis   Linnaeus, 1758
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 220 Mytilidae (mussels) - show full list Common Name: [a mussel] Organism Type: a mussel Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 220918     Mytilus spp.

Taxon Notes:	A European species sometimes confused with Mytilus galloprovincialis. It may have been introduced to Australian waters although there is currently no evidence it has become established, and is occasionally imported for food.
Identifiers:	ITIS 79454 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140480 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-05-08 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Lamprell, K. Healy, J., 1998, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden
Scientific Name verified against:	Ab Rahim, E.S., Nguyen, T.T.T., Ingram, B., Riginos, C., Weston, K.J., Sherman, C.D.H., 2016. Species composition and hybridisation of mussel species (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Australia., Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 67: 1955-1963. . dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15307 doi:10.1071/MF15307