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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea | Mytilidae

genus Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1846) (brackish)
syonymy (7 available, 7 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Central and South America. Introduced to Florida, USA. (North America, Central America, South America)

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) (brackish)
syonymy (8 available, 9 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru to perhaps as far north as Baja California. (North America, Central America, South America)

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967 (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. (South America)

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) (brackish)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru north to Baja California. (North America, Central America, South America)

Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru north to Baja California. (North America, Central America, South America)

 
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