Published December 31, 1758 | Version v1
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Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

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Description

Mytilus edulis [spec. nov.]

M. testa laeviuscula violacea, valvulis obliquis postice acuminatis.

Gualt. test. t. 91. f. E.

Aldr. exsangu. 512.

Habitat in O. Europaeo, Indico & M. Balthico.

Plebejis sapit, frequentius devoratus nocet; inter tropicos Maximus, intra arcticum Minimus, uti reliqua testacea. Habet more Pinnae Byssum exserendam.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 705, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Mytiloida
Family
Mytilidae
Genus
Mytilus
Species
edulis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758