Mytilus edulis

Summary

Mytilus edulis is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month, #1,510 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mytilus edulis's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Mytilus edulis's instance of is recorded as food ingredient^[4].
• Mytilus edulis is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• Mytilus edulis belongs to the parent taxon Mytilus^[6].
• Mytilus edulis is endemic to Argentina^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Mytilus edulis is Mytilus edulis^[8].
• Mytilus edulis's Commons category is recorded as Mytilus edulis^[9].
• Mytilus edulis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mytilus edulis^[10].
• Mytilus edulis's Commons gallery is recorded as Mytilus edulis^[11].
• Mytilus edulis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Mytilus edulis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. edulis'}^[13].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common mussel'}^[14].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫殼菜蛤'}^[15].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '食用殼菜蛤'}^[16].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mossel'}^[17].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بلح البحر الأزرق'}^[18].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'blåskjell'}^[19].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blue mussel'}^[20].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gemeine Miesmuschel'}^[21].
• Mytilus edulis is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'klapavica'}^[22].
• Mytilus edulis's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q130745014^[23].
• Mytilus edulis's habitat is recorded as World Ocean^[24].
• Mytilus edulis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mytilus edulis is Mytilus edulis^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[5]. It is classified within Mytilus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common mussel'}^[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫殼菜蛤'}^[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '食用殼菜蛤'}^[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mossel'}^[17], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بلح البحر الأزرق'}^[18], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'blåskjell'}^[19].

Distribution

Mytilus edulis is endemic to Argentina^[7].

Identifiers

Mytilus edulis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117650^[26]. Mytilus edulis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6550^[27]. Mytilus edulis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46466840^[28]. Mytilus edulis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8288896^[29]. Mytilus edulis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79454^[30].

Why It Matters

Mytilus edulis ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month, #1,510 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]