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Mytilida

Mytilida is an order in the class Bivalvia. This database currently files 881 species under it, recorded across 1 countries.

Species filed
881
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
1
With a free photo
0%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Mytilida?

4 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Mytilidae

    blue mussel, mediterranean mussel, green mussel, date shell …

    516 species
  2. Modiolidae

    horse mussel, bearded mussel, golden mussel, tulip mussel …

    310 species
  3. Modiolopsidae

    Aristerella nitidula, Corallidomus concentrica, Corallidomus versaillesensis, Ectenocardiomorpha acuta …

    46 species
  4. Goniophorinidae

    Goniophorina carinata, Goniophorina contracta, Goniophorina mangbuensis, Goniophorina nitidula …

    9 species

Best-known members of Mytilida

Ranked by popularity score.

Date shell

Lithophaga lithophaga

MytilidaeNo free photo yet

Where is Mytilida found?

Species on file in this order listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

Taiwan: 2 species
  • None on record
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Taiwan2

The 200 best-known species in Mytilida

Of 881 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Blue musselMytilus edulisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mediterranean musselMytilus galloprovincialisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green musselPerna viridisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Date shellLithophaga lithophagaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Horse musselModiolus modiolusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Channel musselPerna canaliculusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Foolish musselMytilus trossulusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bearded musselModiolus barbatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Common musselMytilus californianusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown musselPerna pernaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Golden musselLimnoperna fortuneiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bag musselArcuatula senhousiaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cholga musselAulacomya atraMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black musselMusculus nigerMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Box musselSeptifer bilocularisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tulip musselModiolus americanusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green crenellMusculus discorsMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chilean musselMytilus chilensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pygmy musselXenostrobus securisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Scorched musselBrachidontes exustusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pharaoh musselBrachidontes pharaonisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Coral-eating musselGregariella coralliophagaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cinnamon musselBotula fuscaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Yellow musselBrachidontes modiolusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black musselChoromytilus meridionalisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Striated crenellaCrenella decussataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chenu musselGregariella chenuiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Half-hairy musselGregariella petagnaeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hooked musselIschadium recurvumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant datemusselLithophaga antillarumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black datemusselLithophaga nigraMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bean musselModiolula phaseolinaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ear musselModiolus auriculatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fat horsemusselModiolus capaxModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ribbed crenellaMusculus costulatusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lateral musselMusculus lateralisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Far eastern musselMytilus coruscusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blue musselMytilus planulatusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Glossy crenellaRhomboidella prideauxiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
California datemusselAdula californiensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
San Diego datemusselAdula diegensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Curved datemusselAdula gruneriMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pallid papermusselAmygdalum pallidulumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Polished papermusselAmygdalum politumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Adams musselBrachidontes adamsianusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Santo Domingo musselBrachidontes domingensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shoe musselChoromytilus chorusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gray musselCrenomytilus grayanusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arctic glassy-musselDacrydium elegantulumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pacific glassy-musselDacrydium pacificumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arctic glassy-musselDacrydium vitreumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ribbed musselGeukensia demissaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Southern ribbed musselGeukensia granosissimaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cancellate musselGregariella coarctataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
California horsemusselModiolus carpenteriModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Philippine horse musselModiolus philippinarumModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fan horsemusselModiolus rectusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bicolor musselMytella guyanensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf musselMytilaster minimusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
British Columbia crenellaSolamen columbianumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hairy musselTrichomya hirsutaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Schmidt datemusselAdula schmidtiiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arrow papermusselAmygdalum sagittatumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arcuate musselArcuatula arcuatulaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Estuarine musselArcuatula capensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Vagina horse musselArenifodiens vaginaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
New Zealand ribbed musselAulacomya maorianaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Vent musselBathymodiolus azoricusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hawaiian musselBrachidontes crebristriatusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Horikoshi's giant musselGigantidas horikoshiiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black date musselLithophaga teresMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broad horse musselModiolus areolatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Winged horse musselModiolus modulaidesModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bag horsemusselModiolus sacculiferModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Corrugate musselMusculus glacialisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nesting musselMusculus impactusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Alaska Dwaf-musselMusculus phenaxMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Monterey dwarf-musselMusculus pygmaeusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taylor dwarf-musselMusculus tayloriMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Purple musselPerumytilus purpuratusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lea crenellaSolamen leanumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant crenellaSolamen megasMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Distorted musselStavelia subdistortaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Partly-sculptured crenellaVilasina seminudaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Varnished musselVilasina vernicosaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little black musselXenostrobus pulexModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bean crenellaArvella fabaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Southern date musselBotula tateiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rough beaked musselBrachidontes erosusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mutable musselBrachidontes mutabilisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pinpricked musselChoromytilus palliopunctatusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Furrowed ModiolaJolya arataModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Elongate horse musselJolya elongataModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rhomboid musselJolya rhomboideaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lithophaga curtaLeiosolenus lischkeiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shining ModiolaModiolatus nitidusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Adriatic musselModiolus adriaticusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Traill's ModiolaModiolus trailliiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cuming’s musselMusculus cumingianusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nail musselMytella speciosaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Translucent musselAmygdalum striatumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Atlantic papermusselArcuatula papyriaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little-comb crenellaArvella pectinulaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Elongate vent musselBathymodiolus elongatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Manus Basin vent musselBathymodiolus manusensisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Snake-pit vent musselBathymodiolus puteoserpentisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seven Luminaries vent musselBathymodiolus septemdierumModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Variable musselBrachidontes variabilisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brack-water musselBrachidontes virgiliaeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shell-clinging musselCiboticola lunataModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bean musselDacrydium fabaleMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Henderson's glassy-musselDacrydium hendersoniMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little boat musselExosiperna scaphaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hairy three-area musselGregariella barbataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown date musselLeiosolenus nasutusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Golden date musselLeiosolenus obesusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rock eaterLithophaga robustaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Neglected horsemusselModiolatus neglectusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Victorian horse musselModiolatus victoriaeModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Narrow horse musselModiolus albicostaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Kurile horse musselModiolus kurilensisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
False tulip musselModiolus squamosusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seaweed musselMusculus alganusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Three area musselMusculus nanaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marbled musselMusculus subpictusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese Bifurcate musselMytilisepta keenaeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Radiant musselRhomboidella radiansMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Boat musselSolamen recensMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Scissor datemusselLeiosolenus aristatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Attenuated date musselLeiosolenus attenuatusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Feather date musselLeiosolenus plumulaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Small date musselLeiosolenus simplexModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lined pearly-musselModiolus lineusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brazilian musselMytella brasiliensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bifurcate musselMytilisepta bifurcataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Purplish Bifurcate musselMytilisepta virgataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chilean musselMytilus platensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fragile crenellaSolamen glandulaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Variable brown musselXenostrobus inconstansModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little black musselXenostrobus neozelanicusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola apenninicaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola chikubetsuensisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola cryptaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola iwaotakiiModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola leticiaeModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola osseocolaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola pelagicaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdipicola projectaModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdmytilus acutangulusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdula falcatoidesMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdula kleemanniMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdula snatolensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAdula soleniformisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum americanumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum anoxicolumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum arborescensMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum barbatiaeformeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum dolichumMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum newcombiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum peaseiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum progoenseMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum soyoaeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAmygdalum watsoniMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus batesiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus couloniMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus laitmairensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus morrisiiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus pectinatusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus sanctaecrucisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus subdutempleiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcomytilus villatteaeMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna brevisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna capillarisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna filosaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna gibbosulaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna lithodomoidesMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna mellevilleiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna profundaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna radiolataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna searlesiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna sericeaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna teneraMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcoperna valbodenensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula bourailensisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula cornetiMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula elegansMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula glaberrimaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula japonicaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula perfragilisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula tristisMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArcuatula variegataMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAristerella nitidulaModiolopsidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArvella japonicaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArvella manshuricaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAssytilus alphaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAulacomya regiaMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Beaked musselAustromytilus rostratusMytilidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBathymodiolus aduloidesModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBathymodiolus akanudaensisModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBathymodiolus antarcticusModiolidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded