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Mytilus platensis
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The South Atlantic mussel or patagonic mussel (Mytilus platensis[1]) is a species of filtrator bivalve mollusk from the genus Mytilus of the Family Mytilidae. It lives in the coast of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, from the intertidal up to 60 m depth. It includes populations in Uruguay, all coasts from Argentina, and apparently also in Chilean Patagonia[2].
Taxonomy
[edit]This taxon was originally described in 1846 by french naturalist, malacologist and explorer Alcide d'Orbigny, assignating it to the subspecies Mytilus edulis platensis[3]. Posteriorly, in 2012, this subspecies was elevated to species rank as M. platensis following phylogenetic studies of Chilean mussels[2].
Platensis refers to 'from the Plata', the Southwest Atlantic region where it was originally found.
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mytilus edulis platensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ a b Borsa, Philippe; Rolland, Vincent; Daguin-Thiébaut, Claire (2012). "Genetics and taxonomy of Chilean smooth-shelled mussels, Mytilus spp. (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)". Comptes Rendus. Biologies (in French). 335 (1): 51–61. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2011.10.002. ISSN 1768-3238. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'; Bibron, Gabriel; Blanchard, Emile; Brullé, M.; Gervais, Paul; Guizot, François; Lucas, H.; Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von (1835). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale : (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, et 1833. Vol. t.5:pt.3 (1835-1843) [Text]. Chez Pitois-Levrault et ce., libraires-éditeurs, rue de la Harpe, no. 81. Retrieved 2024-11-05.