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Genus of bivalves

Mytilaster

Mytilaster lineatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Mytilidae
Genus:	Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
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.

Species

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)
Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795) — dwarf mussel
Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1884 ex H. Martin ms.
Mytilaster solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)

References

"Nomenclatura Generica e Specifica di alcune Chonchigle Mediterranee pel Marchese di Monterosato". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884". World registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

Taxon identifiers
Mytilaster	Wikidata: Q6949270 Wikispecies: Mytilaster BOLD: 759840 CoL: 7P9FS GBIF: 4374604 iNaturalist: 566375 IRMNG: 1028312 NBN: NHMSYS0021055096 NCBI: 397459 Open Tree of Life: 920901 Paleobiology Database: 16388 WoRMS: 138227

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