Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Mytilida - (Family) Mytilidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Mytilinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Subsequent entries

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Mytilinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 345.

Alternative positions

Mytilidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1155.

Historical positions

Mytilidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 401.
Mytilidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 206.
Bivalvia (Subphylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 235). [rough position]
Mytilinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 345.
Bivalvia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Mytilidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Isofilibranchia (Subclass) Iredale, 1939	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Mytilinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1109.
Anisomyaria (Order) Neumayr, 1883	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1155.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 704. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[17s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[17s]