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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Mytilidae > Mytilus > Mytilus edulis

Preferred term

Mytilus edulis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Blue Mussel
  • Blue Mussels
  • Common Mussel
  • Common Mussels
  • Mussel, Blue
  • Mussel, Common
  • Mussels, Blue
  • Mussels, Common

Note

  • as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of mussel in the genus MYTILUS, family MYTILIDAE, class BIVALVIA, known as the common mussel. It has a bluish-black shell and is highly edible.

History note

  • 2006

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D049880

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