MolluscaBase name details
Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 †
1644867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1644867)
unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils)
Genus
Mytilites [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Mytulites costatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Bakevellia costata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mytulites eduliformis Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Promysidiella eduliformis (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mytulites neritoideus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Coelogonia brardii (Brongniart, 1823) † (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
- Species Mytulites pernatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Coelogonia brardii (Brongniart, 1823) † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Mytulites striatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Parallelodon striatus (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
Status Not available from Gesner, 1758 [Tractatus physicus de petrificatis...: 38; work placed on the Official Index by Opinion...
Status Not available from Gesner, 1758 [Tractatus physicus de petrificatis...: 38; work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 230]. Mytilites [Wahlenberg, 1821, Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsalensis, 8: 57] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Established for fossils of Mytilus to distinguish them from extant members of that taxon. Invalid: available only for the purposes of the Principle of Homonymy (Art. 20). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytulites Schlotheim, 1813 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1644867 on 2025-09-11
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Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Not available from Gesner, 1758 [Tractatus physicus de petrificatis...: 38; work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 230]. Mytilites [Wahlenberg, 1821, Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsalensis, 8: 57] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Established for fossils of Mytilus to distinguish them from extant members of that taxon. Invalid: available only for the purposes of the Principle of Homonymy (Art. 20). [details]
