Range: 34°S to 55.5°S; 75°W to 52°W Depth: 0 to 30 m Maximum Reported Size: 160 mm
Synonymy
Mytilus ater Molina, 1782 Mytilus crenatus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus decussatus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus magellanicus Lamarck, 1819 Mytilus americanus d'Orbigny, 1846 Mytilus capensis Dunker, 1846 Mytilus darwinianus auct. non d'Orbigny, 1846 Mytilus orbignyanus Hupe, 1854 Mytilus oblongus Clessin, 1887 Mytilus margaritaceus Gotschlich, 1918 Aulacomya regia A. W. B. Powell, 1957
Details
Mytilus ater Molina, 1782, [Basis of the current name] Range: 34°S to 52.7°S; 75°W to 52°W Depth: 0 to 30 m Maximum Reported Size: 160 mm Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Argentina: Chubut; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile References: Bernard (1983); Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) S
Mytilus americanusd'Orbigny, 1846, p. 648, not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Callao, port de Lima au Pérou References: Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus capensis Dunker, 1846, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus crenatus Lamarck, 1819, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus darwinianus auct. non d'Orbigny, 1846, [Not available] References: Bernard (1983) s Comments: Misidentification.
Mytilus decussatus Lamarck, 1819, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s Comments: Non Montagu, 1808.
Mytilus magellanicus Lamarck, 1819, [Synonym] Attributed to: Chemnitz (1783) Range: 42°S to 55.5°S; 68°W to 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 90 mm Distribution: Argentina: Rio Negro; Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus margaritaceus Gotschlich, 1918, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus oblongus Clessin, 1887, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Mytilus orbignyanus Hupe, 1854, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Aulacomya regia A. W. B. Powell, 1957, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]
