Overview
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A Subfamily in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Subfamily Mytilinae is a member of the Family Mytilidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Mytilinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Superorder: Filibranchia
- Order: Pteriomorpha
- Superfamily: Mytiloidea
- Order: Pteriomorpha
- Superorder: Filibranchia
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Mytilinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (4): Brachidontes · Mytilus · Perna · Septifer
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 251 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Mytilinae.
Genera
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Brachidontes
Mytilus
Perna
Septifer
At least 23 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Septifer.
More info about the Genus Septifer may be found here.
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