Mytilus edulis

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q27855
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Mytilus edulis

Summary

Mytilus edulis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (717 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 is a type of shellfish[9].
  • Mytilus edulis's Commons category is recorded as Mytilus edulis[10].
  • Mytilus edulis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mytilus edulis[11].
  • Mytilus edulis's Commons gallery is recorded as Mytilus edulis[12].
  • Mytilus edulis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Mytilus edulis's short name is recorded as M. edulis[14].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as Common mussel[15].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as 紫殼菜蛤[16].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as 食用殼菜蛤[17].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as Mossel[18].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as بلح البحر الأزرق[19].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as blåskjell[20].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as Blue mussel[21].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as Gemeine Miesmuschel[22].
  • Mytilus edulis is commonly known as klapavica[23].
  • Mytilus edulis's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q130745014[24].
  • Mytilus edulis's habitat is recorded as World Ocean[25].
  • Mytilus edulis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[26].

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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 Common mussel[15], 紫殼菜蛤[16], 食用殼菜蛤[17], Mossel[18], بلح البحر الأزرق[19], and blåskjell[20].

Distribution

Mytilus edulis is endemic to Argentina[7].

Identifiers

Mytilus edulis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117650[27]. Mytilus edulis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6550[28]. Mytilus edulis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46466840[29]. Mytilus edulis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8288896[30]. Mytilus edulis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 79454[31].

Why It Matters

Mytilus edulis ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (717 views/month, #1,510 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · JopkeB · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of shellfish
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q6501235]]"
  2. 17d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id 01966912-n
    Interlingual index id i45670
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 15w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases
    Parent taxon Mytilus
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4358, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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