Mytilaster
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| Mytilaster | |
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| Mytilaster lineatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Mytilodonta Coen, 1935 | |
Mytilaster is a genus of marine mussels from the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Basin. The type species is Mytilaster lineatus.[2]
