Chilean mussel

Chilean mussel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Mytilus
Species:
M. chilensis
Binomial name
Mytilus chilensis
Hupé, 1854
Synonyms[1]
  • Mytilus chiloensis Reeve, 1858

The Chilean mussel[1][2] or Chilean blue mussel,[1][3] Mytilus chilensis, is a species of blue mussel native to the coasts of Chile from Biobío Region (37 ºS) to Cape Horn (55 ºS). Genomic evidence has confirmed that the native Chilean blue mussel is genetically distinct from the Northern Hemisphere M. edulis, M. galloprovincialis and M. trossulus[4] and also genetically different from Mytilus platensis,[5] the other species of smooth shelled mussel from South America.

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

  • Right valve
    Right valve
  • Left valve
    Left valve
  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mytilus chilensis (Hupé, 1854) Sealifebase.org
  3. ^ Toro, J.E.; Ojeda, J. A.; Vergara, A. M.; Castro, G. C.; Alcapan, A. C. (December 1, 2005). "Molecular characterization of the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854) demonstrates evidence for the occurrence of Mytilus galloprovincialis in southern Chile". Journal of Shellfish Research. 24 (4): 1117–1121. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1117:MCOTCB]2.0.CO;2. hdl:10533/175975. S2CID 86038602. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
  4. ^ Larraín, M. A.; Zbawicka, M.; Araneda, C.; Gardner J. P. A.; Wenne, R. (2018). "Native and invasive taxa on the Pacific coast of South America: Impacts on aquaculture, traceability and biodiversity of blue mussels (Mytilus spp.)". Evolutionary Applications. 11 (3): 298–311. doi:10.1111/eva.12553.
  5. ^ Zbawicka, M.; Trucco, M. I.; Wenne, R. (2018). "Single nucleotide polymorphisms in native South American Atlantic coast populations of smooth shelled mussels: hybridization with invasive European Mytilus galloprovincialis". Genetics Selection Evolution. 50 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1186/s12711-018-0376-z. PMC 5824471. PMID 29471805.