NO. 1 SOOT-RYEN : THE FAMILY MYTILIDAE 9 



The specific names used in this paper and the years of publication 

 need some explanation. Hanley's (1842-1856) names are considered to 

 be validated with the publication and distribution of pages 145 to 272 

 in 1843. Carpenter's (1855-57) names in the Mazatlan Catalogue are 

 dated according to the printing date of each twelve pages and not from 

 1857. Valuable information on the Linnean names is found in Dodge 

 (1952). The change of Morch's genus Chloromya to Perna Retzius has 

 to be made, according to the Rules, though Perna has been used by later 

 authors with a quite different meaning, even as a family name. In some 

 cases, the specific names cannot be said to be settled but are still open 

 to doubt and may perhaps be ruled upon by the Commission. Several 

 specific names have been considered synonyms of well known species, but 

 with doubt, and some of them may perhaps be found to represent valid 

 species when more material is accumulated and the type specimens have 

 been carefully compared. 



When an author has published a description in a paper written by 

 another author, the last name only is used as reference. 



No attempt has been made to give a complete list of synonyms of the 

 genera or species, though most of the names used for the west coast 

 species are supposed to be included and discussed as synonyms. 



LIST OF SPECIFIC NAMES 

 USED FOR WEST AMERICAN MYTILIDS 



The following list comprises all names found to have been used for 

 mytilids from the west coast of America from the Arctic Ocean in the 

 north to the Strait of Magellan in the south. All names of species are 

 arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the author or by an 

 author using the name for a west coast species, the year of publication, 

 and in parentheses the generic name used by the describer. On the right 

 side will be found the names supposed to be valid today. Sometimes a 

 name is referred to with doubt and it is then preceded by a question mark. 

 An asterisk before the specific name indicates that the species is found to 

 the north of California only and therefore is not treated in this paper. 



abbotti Lowe 1935 (Lithophaga) fLithophaga (Leiosolenus) spatiosa 



Carpenter 1856 

 adamsianus Dunker 1856 (Mytilus) Hormomya adamsiana Dunker 1856 



albus Molina 1782 (Mytilus) Choromytilus chorus Molina 1782 



algosus Gould 1850 (Mytilus) Semimytilus algosus Gould 1850 



americanus Orbigny 1846 (Mytilus) Aulacomya ater Molina 1782 



