Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 Description Poppe and Goto (2000). Distribution Native to the Mediterranean Sea, this mussel now shows a worldwide distribution (Westfall and Gardner 2010). In Chile, it was recorded for the first time in 2000 (Daguin and Borsa 2000), and it has been recorded from Dichato (36°33 ʹ S, 72°56 ʹ W) to Punta Arenas (53°10 ʹ S, 70°56 ʹ W) (Tarifeño et al. 2012). Possible mechanism of introduction/Status Maritime transport or unintentional introduction/established (Daguin and Borsa 2000; Tarifeño et al. 2012). Remarks Invasive species, may displace native mytilid species (Branch and Steffani 2004). EA, SA.

Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on pages 1733-1734, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965