Publication Soot-Ryen (1955): summary

Full Citation

Soot-Ryen, T. 1955. A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 20: 1-261. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955

Soot-Ryen, 1955. Hancock Pac. Exped. 20: 47.
Type species: Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819 (orig. desig.) = Mytella guyanensis

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytella speciosa Soot-Ryen, 1955 = Mytella tumbezensis

Soot-Ryen, 1955. Hancock Pac. Exped. 20: 52, pl. 5, fig. 25.
(misidentified reference to Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857)

Taxonomic Opinions

Mytella falcata (Orbigny, 1846) = Mytella charruana

+ Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843

+ Mytilus charruanus d’Orbigny, 1846

+ Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)

+ Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857

+ Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) = Mytella speciosa + Mytella tumbezensis

+ Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935