Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825) Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819 Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) Synonyms Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) Mytella falcata (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967: synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
References
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150 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. [details]
External links Soot-Ryen T. (1955). A report on the family Mytilidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 20(1): 1-154 pls 1-20