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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Mytella

species Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1846): synonymy

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Synonymy

Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843

‘Hinds Z.P. 1844’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 251, pl. 24, fig. 34.

Mytella falcataSoot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella strigatusKeen (1971)
Mytella charruanaWoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011)

Mytilus charruanus d’Orbigny, 1846

d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): pl. 84, figs. 38-39.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 645 [as ‘falcata’].
(new name for Mytilus falcatus d’Orbigny, 1846)

Mytella falcataSoot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella strigatusKeen (1971)
Mytella charruanusScarabino (2003)
Mytella charruanaBoudreaux & Walters (2006), Rumi et al. (2008), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011), Graf (2013)

Mytilus falcatus d’Orbigny, 1846

d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 645.
(renamed Mytilus charruanus d’Orbigny, 1846)

Mytella falcataSoot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella strigatusKeen (1971)
Mytella charruanusScarabino (2003)
Mytella charruanaRumi et al. (2008), WoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011)

Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857

Reeve, 1857. unknown publication: ??.

Mytella charruanaWoRMS (2011)

Volsella reevei Angas, 1867

Angas, 1867. unknown publication: ??.

Mytella charruanaWoRMS (2011)

Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909

Dall, 1909. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 37(1704): 152, pl. 28, fig. 2.

Mytella falcataSoot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella arciformisKeen (1971), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Mytella charruanaWoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011)

Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926

Duarte, 1926. unknown publication: ??.

Mytella charruanaWoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mytella falcataSoot-Ryen (1955)
Mytella arciformisKeen (1971), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Mytella strigatusKeen (1971)
Mytella charruanusScarabino (2003)
Mytella charruanaBoudreaux & Walters (2006), Rumi et al. (2008), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Malacolog (2011), Graf (2013)

 
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