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Margaritiferidae

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Geography

Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae | Mytilaster

species Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795): synonymy

Synonymy

Mytilus minimus Poli, 1795

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — Zenetos et al. (2005), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Mytilus lacustris O.G. Costa, 1839

O.G. Costa, 1839. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — WoRMS (2011)

Mytilus cylindraceus Réquien, 1848

Réquien, 1848. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — WoRMS (2011)

Mytilus liburnicus Brusin, 1870

Brusin, 1870. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — WoRMS (2011)

Mytilus blondeli Monterosato, 1872

Monterosato, 1872. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — WoRMS (2011)

Mytilus minutus Locard, 1889

Locard, 1889. unknown publication: ??.

Mytilaster minimus — WoRMS (2011)

Mytilaster lineatus Zhadin, 1952

‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Zhadin, 1952. Moll. SSSR (46): 285, fig. 248.
Zhadin, 1965. Moll. USSR: 232, fig. 248.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791)

Mytilaster minimus — Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Mytilaster lineatus — Zhadin (1965)
Mytilaster minimus — Zenetos et al. (2005), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

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