family Mytilidae

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family Mytilidae - marine mussels

Mytilidae

mollusk family - a family of mollusks

Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels

genus Mytilus, Mytilus - type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels

marine mussel, mytilid - marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones

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Marine mussels in the family Mytilidae have a complex pattern of doubly uniparental inheritance (Zouros et al.

Identification and salinity tolerance of the western hemisphere mussel mytella charruana (d'orbigny, 1842) in the Philippines

The golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) is a medium-sized bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Mytilidae (Darrigran & Damborenea, 2006).

Cellular development of the germinal epithelium during the gametogenic cycle of the golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

Green-lipped mussel, Pernaviridis belongs to family Mytilidae.

Concentration of heavy metals in green-lipped mussel (Pernaveridis) from Muar Estuary, Johor