Species Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [125].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, King georges Sound, WA.
• Mytilus ungularis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [125].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indian Ocean.
• Mytilus corneus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [126].
• Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [126].
• Mytilus lacunatus Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [128].
• Mytilus obscurus Dunker, W. 1857. Mytilacea nova collectionis Cumingianae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24(1856): 358-366 [May 8 1857] [360].
• Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [161].
• Mytilus chorus molina Tate, R. 1887. A revision of the Recent lamellibranch and palliobranch Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 76-111 [105].
• Mytilus paetelianus Clessin, S. 1889. Mytilacea. In, Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8, Part 3. [78, pl. 23, figs 3, 4].
• Mytilus aoteanus Powell, A.W.B. 1958. Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5(1 & 2): 65-85 [87, pl. 12, fig. 5].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mytilus edulus planulatus Auctt. [misidentification].

 

Introduction

Genetic studies suggest that Southern Hemiphere mussels of the genus Mytilus include an old endemic lineage represented by Mytilus planulatus and more recent invasive genetic elements derived from Northern Hemisphere elements, including M. galloprovincialis and M. edulus. The characterisation of the group in Australia is not yet resolved; see Colgan & Middelfart (2011).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand;South Isl, Chile & Argentina (Magellan strait)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Occurs in masses on jetty pilings or on rocks; form dense beds on sandy flats.

 

General References

Allen, F.E. 1955. Identity of breeding temperatures in Southern and Northern Hemisphere species of Mytilus (Lamellibranchia). Pacific Science 9: 107-109 [107] (distrbution)

Colgan, D.J. & Middelfart, P. 2011. Mytilus mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in southeastern Australia. Aquatic Biology 12: 47-53 [47-53]

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [13]

Knudsen, J. 1980. Mytilus edulis L. (Bivalvia) recorded from South Africa. Steenstrupia 6(5): 21-26 [24] (as Mytilus edulis planatus)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [76]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1984. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia. South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Handbook 9: 1-327 [148, figs 36a, b, pl. 3d]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 17(1): 220-266 [246]

Seed, R. 1992. Systematics, evolution and distribution of mussels belonging to the genus Mytilus: an overview. American Malacological Bulletin 9: 123-137 [123] (distribution)

Wilson, B.R. & Hodgkin, E.P. 1967. A comparative account of the reproductive cycles of five species of marine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the vicinity of Fremantle, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 18(2): 175-204 [176] (distrbution, ecology)

Wisely, B. 1964. Aspects of reproduction, settling and growth in the mussel Mytilus edulis planulatus Lamarck. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(8): 25-30 [25] (distribution)

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [248] (for Mytilus edulis planulatus) (Edible Mussel)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [32, pl. 33C] (Blue Sea Mussel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
31-Aug-2012		31-Aug-2012	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		20-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
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