NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2002

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mytilidae
  Order - Mytiloida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mytilus edulis
      Species - Mytilus californianus
      Species - Mytilus galloprovincialis
      Species - Mytilus trossulus