MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837

ERMS taxon details

Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837

AphiaID

367837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367837)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 242, pl. 18 fig. 15. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=367837 on 2026-05-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367837 on 2026-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-01 07:48:25Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-11-19 08:53:28Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2012-06-22 14:07:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-01-23 18:26:59Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2017-01-08 11:29:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-03-16 19:59:27Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description 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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 242, pl. 18 fig. 15. [details]

additional source Keep, J. (1891). Mollusks of the San Francisco markets. The Nautilus. 4(9): 97-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596720
page(s): 100 [details]

additional source Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 297-305. [details] Available for editors

additional source Richards, O. W. (1928). The growth of the mussel Mytilus californianus. The Nautilus. 41(3): 99-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519830 [details]

additional source Meyer, K. F. (1929). Mussel poisoning in California. The Nautilus. 42(3): 100-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518885 [details]

additional source Heath, H. (1929). Poisonous mussels. The Nautilus. 42(4): 139-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518926 [details]

additional source 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. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 47 (1): 62-70. [details] Available for editors

additional source Young, R. T. (1951). Another Mytilus hermaphrodite. The Nautilus. 64(3): 105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524372 [details]

redescription 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]

status source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]