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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 | Mytilaster

species Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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

Range

Marine, native to the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Introduced to the Caspian Sea.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

No map available.

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.