Mytella

Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.^[2]

Mytella
Mytella guyanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Superfamily:	Mytiloidea
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955 [1]
Type species
Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819

Species

• Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825)^[3]
• Mytella guyanensis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1819^[4]
• Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)^[3]
• Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)^[3]
• Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)^[3]

Synonyms

• Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
• Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
• Mytella falcata (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
• Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967: synonym of Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)