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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mollusc in the family Mytilidae. Mytilus trossulus is one of the three principal, closely related taxa in the Mytilus edulis complex of blue mussels, which...
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Mediterranean mussel (redirect from Mytilus galloprovincialis)
an object of aquaculture. Mytilus galloprovincialis is one of the three principal, closely related species in the Mytilus edulis complex of blue mussels...
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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 mussels...
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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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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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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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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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(/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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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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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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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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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 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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Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most...
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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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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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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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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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gills of various bivalve species, including the clams Tridacna maxima and Tridacna gigas, and the mussels Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis...
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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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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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This is a list of bivalves of Hawaii. 139 species of bivalves are found in Hawaiian waters, of which 66 are endemic. Hoover, John P. (1998). Hawai'i's...
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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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Trichomya (category 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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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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'oyster redworm' or 'red worm disease') is an intestinal copepod parasite of bivalves with a direct life cycle. It is native to the waters around Japan and was...
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Marine coastal ecosystem (redirect from Bivalve reef)
1006/ecss.1999.0562. Kautsky, N.; Evans, S. (1987). "Role of biodeposition by Mytilus edulis in the circulation of matter and nutrients in a Baltic coastal ecosystem"...
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