> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Mollusca](Mollusca.md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: [Bivalvia](Bivalvia.md)
**Subclass**:: Pteriomorphia
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Mytilida
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Mytilidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Mytilus
**Species**:: M. galloprovincialis
**Vernacular**:: Mediterranean mussel
## Photos
*[131 - 2023-05-19 - Pirate des Caraïbes - Epidaurus - Greece](131%20-%202023-05-19%20-%20Pirate%20des%20Caraïbes%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - They was on the buoy's rope.*
## Notes
This is the kind of mussel people eats!
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Mytilus-galloprovincialis-Moule-mediterraneenne-2527/(rOffset)/2