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Mytilidae

family of bivalves
Taxon taxon Q386633
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Mytilidae

Summary

Mytilidae is a taxon[1]. Mytilidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,578 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mytilidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mytilidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Mytilidae belongs to the parent taxon Mytiloidea[5].
  • Mytilidae's scientific name is Mytilidae[6].
  • Mytilidae's Commons category is recorded as Mytilidae[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Mytilidae is Mytilus[8].
  • Mytilidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mytilidae[9].
  • Mytilidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • Mytilidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[11].
  • Mytilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mossels e.a.'}[12].
  • Mytilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Miesmuscheln'}[13].
  • Mytilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'klapavice'}[14].
  • Mytilidae's different from is recorded as mussel[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mytilidae is Mytilidae[6]. Mytilidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Mytilidae is classified within Mytiloidea[5]. The taxonomic type of Mytilidae is Mytilus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mossels e.a.'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Miesmuscheln'}[13], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'klapavice'}[14].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 50600[16], 379609[17], and 246276[18]. Mytilidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6547[19]. Mytilidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46466613[20]. Mytilidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3476[21]. Mytilidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79451[22].

Why It Matters

Mytilidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,578 of 195,241).[2] Mytilidae has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Mytilidae is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Mytilus
    Different from → mussel
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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