Genus Choromytilus Soot-Ryen, 1952

(3-7-5-0-1-2-4-15-0-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 297
Bernard, 1983 p 18
Vaught, 1989 p 116
Vokes, 1980 p 23

chorus (G. I. Molina, 1782)
(3-7-5-0-1-2-4-15-0-1-0-0-0)
Chorus Mussel
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 297 c
Syn. Mytilus (Mytilus) achatinus J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819;
Mytilus (Mytilus) caerulus G. I. Molina, 1782;
Mytilus (Mytilus) chorus G. I. Molina, 1782;
Mytilus (Mytilus) compressus ex R. A. Philippi, ms, L. A. Reeve, 1858;
Mytilus (Mytilus) latus J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819;
Mytilus (Mytilus) ungulatus A. Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1932, not J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819, not C. v. Linne, 1758
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 18

palliopunctatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
(3-7-5-0-1-2-4-15-0-2-0-0-0)
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 63 bw d
Syn. Mytilus (Mytilus) palliopunctatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857;
Mytilus (Mytilus) tenuiaratus W. Dunker, ms
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 18