| Name | Byssus Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomRej |
| Placed in | Nostocaceae |
| Contains | Byssus amphibia (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus antiquatis Linnaeus Byssus atra F. H. Wiggers Byssus aurea Linnaeus Byssus bothryoides Linnaeus Byssus botryoides Linnaeus Byssus bullosa (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus canalicularis (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus cancellata Linnaeus Byssus candelaris Linnaeus Byssus cryptarum Linnaeus Byssus flos-aquae Linnaeus Byssus fontinalis (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus incana Linnaeus Byssus jolithus Linnaeus Byssus lactea Linnaeus Byssus phosphorea Linnaeus Byssus purpurea Lightfoot Byssus reticulata (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus rivularis (Linnaeus) F. H. Wiggers Byssus rubra Hudson Byssus saxatilis Linnaeus Byssus septica Linnaeus Byssus velutina Linnaeus |
| Remarks | nom. rej. vs. Trentophila Mart. Lectotype (vide R. Ross & L. Irvine, Taxon 16: 186. 1967): B. cryptarum L. |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 1168 |
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