CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	23 220918 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mytilus spp.
Rank:	Genus

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: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Estuarine Parent Codes: 23 220000     Mytilidae Child Codes: 23 220752     Mytilus edulis 23 220001     Mytilus galloprovincialis

Taxon Notes:

The species in this genus can be very difficult to separate morphologically. Recent genetic work has shown that there is a high degree of natural hybridisation between all species, and that there has been widespread anthropogenic translocation of species, mostly accidentally on shipping. The latter most likely dates from the earliest shipping, and is probably still ongoing. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is a

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:13164ada-90d5-41c9-932d-613b44927b88 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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