Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 7: 227–268, pls 17–20. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=165117
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Mytilida
- family
- Mytilidae
- genus
- Mytilus
- species
- Mytilus californianus
Name
- Synonyms
- Mytilus californicus
- Mytilus canalis Lamarck, 1819
- Mytilus edulis giganteus von Nordmann, 1862
- Mytilus zonarius Lamarck, 1819
- Homonyms
- Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
- Common names
- California mussel in language.
- California mussel in English
- California mussel in English
- Kalifornische Miesmuschel in German
- common mussel in English
- California mussel in English
- Kalifornische Miesmuschel in German
- common mussel in English
Bibliographic References
- Aguilar Rosas, L. E. ; Bertsch, H. ; Pacheco Ruiz, I. (1988). Distribution and Abundance of the Mussel Mytilus californianus along the Pacific Coast of Baja California,Mexico. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 47 (1): 62-70.
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
- Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20.
- Heath, H. (1929). Poisonous mussels. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(4): 139-140.
- Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species.
- Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(9): 97-100.
- Meyer, K. F. (1929). Mussel poisoning in California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 100-101.
- Richards, O. W. (1928). The growth of the mussel <i>Mytilus californianus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(3): 99-101.
- Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
- Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 59 (4): 297-305.
- Young, R. T. (1951). Another <i>Mytilus</i> hermaphrodite. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 64(3): 105.