Mytilaster

Mytilaster is a genus of marine mussels from the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Basin. The type species is Mytilaster lineatus.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassBivalvia
OrderMytilida
FamilyMytilidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Observations239

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Specimen records: 24
Family: Mytilidae
Collections: MNHN, UF, NRM, NHMUK
Recorded in: Corse, Italy, France, Croatia, Japan, Serbia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Mytilidae
Image: Mytilaster lineatus1.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Mytilaster
taxon name: Mytilaster
taxonomic type: Mytilaster lineatus

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Mytilaster is a genus of marine mussels from the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Basin. The type species is Mytilaster lineatus.

==Species== Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791) Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889) Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795) — dwarf mussel Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1884 ex H. Martin ms. Mytilaster solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)

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