Mytilus (bivalve)
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Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible, mainly saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.[1]
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Mytilus | |
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Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Subfamily: | Mytilinae |
Genus: | Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Mytilus edulis | |
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