mytiliform

English

Etymology

From Latin mytilus +‎ -form.

Adjective

mytiliform (comparative more mytiliform, superlative most mytiliform)

1. Shaped like the shell of a mussel.
   • 2015 July 17, Rafael Araujo, Yde de Jong, “Fauna Europaea: Mollusca – Bivalvia”, in Biodiversity Data Journal‎, →DOI:

     Species on this family can be identified by its mytiliform form, sometimes quadrate, with the hinge edentulous and the umbos anterior or terminal.