Definition of Mytilidae

1. Noun. Marine mussels.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mytilidae

Myrtales
Myrtillocactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtle
Myrtus
Myrtus communis
Mysidacea
Mysidae
Mysis
Mysoline
Mysore
Mysore thorn
Mystic Jewel
Mysticeti
Mytilene
Mytilidae (current term)
Mytilini
Mytilus
Mytilus edulis
Myvyrian
Myxine
Myxine glutinosa
Myxinidae
Myxiniformes
Myxinikela
Myxinikela siroka
Myxinoidea
Myxinoidei
Myxobacterales
Myxobacteriaceae

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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