Mytilus
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Mytilus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Mytilus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Mytilus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Mytilus you have here. The definition of the word Mytilus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofMytilus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: mytilus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin mītulus, mȳtilus (“sea mussel”).
Proper noun
Mytilus m
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
