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Publication Soot-Ryen (1955): summary
publication summary

Complete 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
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)
+ Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) = Mytella tumbezensis

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