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Mytilus Linnaeus 1758
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile; & Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile
Description
Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
Description
Poppe and Goto (2000).
Distribution
Native to the Mediterranean Sea, this mussel now shows a worldwide distribution (Westfall and Gardner 2010). In Chile, it was recorded for the first time in 2000 (Daguin and Borsa 2000), and it has been recorded from Dichato (36°33 ʹ S, 72°56 ʹ W) to Punta Arenas (53°10 ʹ S, 70°56 ʹ W) (Tarifeño et al. 2012).
Possible mechanism of introduction/Status
Maritime transport or unintentional introduction/established (Daguin and Borsa 2000; Tarifeño et al. 2012).
Remarks
Invasive species, may displace native mytilid species (Branch and Steffani 2004). EA, SA.
Notes
Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on pages 1733-1734, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965
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References
- Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima reformata. 1. Holmiae, Salvius; ii + 824 pp.
- Lamarck J-B De. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres. Librairie Verdiere, Paris; 343 pp.
- Poppe GT, Goto Y. 2000. European seashells, Vol II (Scaphopoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda). 2 nd ed. Hackenheim (Germany): ConchBooks.
- Westfall KM, Gardner J. 2010. Genetic diversity of Southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) and the identification of non-indigenous taxa. Biol J Linn Soc. 101: 898 - 909.
- Daguin C, Borsa P. 2000. Genetic relationships of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk. populations worldwide: evidence from nuclear-DNA markers. In: Crame A, Harper E, Taylor J, editors. Bivalve systematics and evolution, Vol. 177. London: Geological Society of London Special Publications; p. 389 - 397.
- Tarifeno E, Galleguillos R, Llanos- Rivera A, Arriagada D, Ferrada S, Canales- Aguirre CB, Seguel M. 2012. Erroneous identification of the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck 1819) as the species Mytilus chilensis (Hupe, 1854) in the Bay of Concepcion, Chile. Gayana. 76: 167 - 172.
- Branch GM, Steffani NC. 2004. Can we predict the effects of alien species? A case-history of the invasion of South Africa by Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol. 300: 189 - 215.