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Mytilus

genus of edible saltwater mussels
Taxon taxon Q21132

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6]
Parent taxon
Mytilidae[3]
Taxon name
Mytilus[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Taxonomic type
Mytilus edulis[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mytilus en Mytilis ar بلح البحر cs slávka de Pfahlmuscheln de Miesmuscheln de Mytilus de Pfahlmuschel el Μύδι fa دوکفه‌ای‌های میتیلوس fi sinisimpukat ja イガイ属 ja ミティルス ja ムールガイ ja ムラサキイガイ類 pt Mytilis ru Mytilus ru Мидии uk Mytilus uk Мідії
🔖 Identifiers · 36
OpenAlex ID
C2779909984
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Miesmuscheln-2.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Mytilus
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
1831
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Mytilus
BOLD Systems taxon ID
2434
Biota of New Zealand ID
cc6c6507-7e9e-4cf6-ac5a-1fba97703038
Catalogue of Life ID
7P9G3
Dyntaxa ID
1005168
EPPO Code
1MYTUG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
46466839
Fossiilid.info ID
13405
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Fossilworks taxon ID
16392
Freebase ID
/m/04gtsjf
GBIF taxon ID
2285679
INaturalist taxon ID
62807
IRMNG ID
1260439
ITIS TSN
79452
Interlingual Index ID
i45668
MeSH descriptor ID
D049878
MeSH tree code
B01.050.500.644.080.537.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779909984
NBIC scientific name ID
108168
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000176601
NCBI taxonomy ID
6548
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/BEBE9FD3-E055-4523-8C51-C869ED8C6A26
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
137344
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
7ec27d2d-e272-43be-b486-d4d0240466c1
Plazi ID
A9CDF819-3F18-1DAB-E117-C1302E551CFC, 933C3E2E-FFE7-FF89-FDD3-0556FF2B504F
Topic's main category
Category:Mytilus (bivalve)
UBio ID
8329626
UMLS CUI
C0027144
WoRMS-ID for taxa
138228
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01966517-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/99342425-0acf-41a9-99a4-e20efe252719
ZooBank ID for name or act
6F89285A-A4AA-4E41-8409-38B2550251E4

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 7
Mytilus edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus californianus, Mytilus chilensis, Mytilus coruscus, Mytilus planulatus
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Mytilidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Taxonomic type 1
Mytilus edulis
Topic's main category 1
Category:Mytilus (bivalve)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Mytilus (bivalve)
← Taxonomic type 1
Mytilidae
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Summary

Mytilus is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual Index ID → i45668
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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