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Mytilaster solidus

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Mytilaster solidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Mytilaster
Species:
M. solidus
Binomial name
Mytilaster solidus

Mytilaster solidus is a small, marine bivalve mollusc belonging to the true mussel family, Mytilidae.[1] First formally described by the Italian malacologist Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato, in 1883, this species populates the shallow coastal environments of Europe and North Africa.

References

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  1. ↑ "Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1883". World Register of Marine Species.
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