Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
(true mussels)

Interactions where Mytilus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Pinnotheres pisum a pea crab Decapoda: Pinnotheridae British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Pinnotheridae/Pinnotheres pisum/Pinnotheres pisuma pea crab Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Mytiloida/Mytilidae/Mytilus/Mytilustrue mussels parasitises
(live) live shell is inhabited by endolithic thallus Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenendolithicthallus Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Mytiloida/Mytilidae/Mytilus/Mytilustrue musselsliveshell endolithic thallus lives within live shell
(live) live shell is inhabited by immersed perithecium Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenimmersedperithecium Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Mytiloida/Mytilidae/Mytilus/Mytilustrue musselsliveshell immersed perithecium lives within live shell

Author & YearTitleSource
Naylor, E., 1972British Marine IsopodsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London
Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland710pp, Natural History Museum Publications

Mytilus (true mussels) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Mytilus edulis
Common Mussel, Blue Mussel
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMytilus (true mussels)
FamilyMYTILIDAE (a family of molluscs)
SuperfamilyMYTILOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderMYTILOIDA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassPTERIOMORPHIA (fan mussels)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mytilus (true mussels)

Mytilus (true mussels) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mytilus (true mussels):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Mytilus (true mussels)
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