Mytilus (bivalve)
| Mytilus Temporal range: | |
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| Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Subfamily: | Mytilinae |
| Genus: | Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Mytilus edulis | |
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Mytilus is a cosmopolitan genus of medium to large-sized edible, mainly saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.