Mytilus

See also: mytilus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin mītulus, mȳtilus (“sea mussel”).

Proper noun

Mytilus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mytilidae – certain common mussels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Pteriomorphia - subclass; Mytilida - order; Mytiloidea - superfamily; Mytilidae - family; Mytilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mytilus edulis (blue mussel) - type species; Mytilus californianus (California mussel), Mytilus coruscus (Korean mussel), Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel, hard-shelled mussel), Mytilus planulatus (Australian mussel), Mytilus trossulus (bay mussel, foolish mussel) - other extant species

Derived terms

• Mytilida (order)
• †Admytilus
• Aeidimytilus
• †Arcomytilus
• Austromytilus
• Chloromytilus
• Choromytilus
• Crassimytilus
• Crenomytilus
• Eumytilus
• Micromytilus
• Mytilaster
• Mytella
• Notomytilus
• Pacifimytilus
• Perumytilus
• Scolimytilus
• Semimytilus
• Sinomytilus

References

• Mytilus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mytilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mytilus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mytilus at World Register of Marine Species
• Mytilus at Paleobiology Database