Gregariella

Gregariella is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1] [2]

Gregariella
Shell of Gregariella vignoni (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Gregariella Monterosato, 1884
Synonyms
Botulina Dall, 1889 Musculus (Gregariella) Monterosato, 1884 Musculus (Propetilus) Iredale, 1937 Propetilus Iredale, 1937 Tibialectus Iredale, 1939 Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924 (junior synonym) &type_species= Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826

Selected species

• Gregariella australis (E. von Martens, 1879)
• Gregariella bakeri (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
• Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
• Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)
• Gregariella coarctata (Carpenter, 1857)
• Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) — artist's mussel
• Gregariella denticulata (Dall, 1871)
• Gregariella difficilis (Deshayes, 1863)
• Gregariella ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869)
• Gregariella fischeri (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Gregariella multistriata (E. A. Smith, 1872)
• Gregariella nubilis (Iredale, 1937)
• Gregariella obermulleri (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
• Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
• Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858)
• Gregariella splendida (Reeve, 1858)
• Gregariella vignoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1862)

References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 18.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gregariella Monterosato, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138218 on 2021-01-08

• Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

• - Monterosato T. A. (di) (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. Naturalista Siciliano, Palermo, 3(3): 87-91 (1883); 3(4): 102-111; 3(5): 137-140; 3(6): 159-163; 3(8): 227-231; 3(10): 277-281; 4(1-2): 21-25; 4(3): 60-63 (1884); 4(4): 80-84; 4(8): 200-204 (1885)
• Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142]