Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible, mainly saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Mussels have...
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Mediterranean mussel (redirect from Mytilus galloprovincialis)
The Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many...
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Mytilus trossulus, the Pacific blue mussel, bay mussel or foolish mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. Mytilus...
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Blue mussel (redirect from Mytilus edulis)
The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), also known as the common mussel, is a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the only extant...
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Mytilus unguiculatus, common name the Korean mussel or the hard-shelled mussel, is a species of mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae...
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Mytilus may refer to: Mytilus of Illyria, an ancient Illyrian king Mytilus (bivalve), a mollusc genus This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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California mussel (redirect from Mytilus californianus)
The California mussel (Mytilus californianus) is a large edible mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae. This species is native to the...
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Chilean mussel (redirect from Mytilus edulis platensis)
first described the species Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842,. Species that was for many year erroneously confused with Mytilus chilensis described by Hipolito...
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Mytella strigata (category Bivalves described in 1842)
Mytella strigata is a bivalve, commonly known as the charru mussel or charrua mussel. This species was described by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley based...
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(/ˈmʌsəl/) is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in...
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Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Not to be confused with Perna Bruguière, 1789 , synonym of Isognomon Lightfoot...
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edulis, a plant species endemic to Colombia Mytilus edulis, the blue mussel, a medium-sized edible marine bivalve mollusc species Edulis (disambiguation)...
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List of edible molluscs (redirect from List of edible bivalves)
Mytilidae, including: Blue mussel California mussel Mediterranean mussel Mytilus coruscus Perna canaliculus Perna perna Perna viridis Many species of Pen...
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Perna canaliculus (category Bivalves of New Zealand)
as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has...
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Idas is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following...
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Perna viridis (redirect from Mytilus smaragdinus)
Asian green mussel, is an economically important species of mussel, a bivalve belonging to the family Mytilidae, or the "true mussels". It is harvested...
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Musculus impactus (redirect from Mytilus impactus)
Musculus impactus is a species of marine bivalve in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. It occurs in the waters off Australia and New Zealand. Hermann...
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ridge also differentiates the mussel from other bivalves. Similar species include the European mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, and the black mussel, Choromytilus...
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Modiolus barbatus (category Modiolus (bivalve))
barbatus, the bearded horse mussel, is a species of "horse mussel", a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. The fossil record of this...
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Mytilidae (category Bivalve families)
The Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, even inhabits...
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Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending...
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Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel), which are found primarily in marine habitats. Myticin is also produced in other species of Mytilus (Mytilus...
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Trichomya (category Monotypic bivalve genera)
tolerant to changes of water temperature than the mussel Mytilus edulis and the clam Mya arenaria. Bivalve molluscs tend to accumulate in their tissues any pollutants...
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Byssus (category Bivalve anatomy)
byssus (/ˈbɪsəs/) is a bundle of filaments secreted by many species of bivalve mollusc that function to attach the mollusc to a solid surface. Species...
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locomotion has been found to occur with organisms such as blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) due to risks from predators such as the European lobster (Homarus...
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The adductor muscles are the main muscular system in bivalve mollusks (e.g. in clams, scallops, mussels, oysters, etc.). In many parts of the world, when...
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Crassostrea virginica, zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Some molluscs sting or bite, but deaths from mollusc venoms total...
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Choromytilus meridionalis (category Bivalves described in 1848)
Choromytilus meridionalis, the black mussel, is a species of bivalve. It is a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. They are part of the Phylum Mollusca...
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Sinomytilus (category Bivalve genera)
Sinomytilus is a genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Septiferinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels...
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