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Definition of Mytilidae
1. Noun. Marine mussels.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Genus Mytilus, Mytilus, Marine Mussel, Mytilid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mytilidae
Literary usage of Mytilidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"velum, at the base of the first internal branchial filament, but their persistence
has not been demonstrated except in the Mytilidae and ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"J The Mytilidae is represented by shells referred to the genus Modiola, and by
the brackish water forms Anthra- ..."
3. A Monograph of the Molluscan Fauna of the Orthaulax Pugnax Zone of the by William Healey Dall (1915)
"The Bowden form1 has a still finer and often partially ol striation. Family Mytilidae.
Genus MODIOLUS Lamarck. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"J The Mytilidae is represented by shells referred to the genus Modiola, and by
the brackish water forms Anthra- ..."
5. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Cape Cod to Florida, in shallow water. FAMILY 3. Mytilidae. Mussels. ... Key to
the genera of Mytilidae here described: a, Animals not boring. ..."
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