"Mytilus edulis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D049880
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.644.080.537.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mytilus edulis- Mytilus edulis
- Mytilus eduli
- eduli, Mytilus
- edulis, Mytilus
- Mussel, Blue
- Mussel, Common
- Mussels, Common
- Common Mussel
- Common Mussels
- Mussels, Blue
- Blue Mussel
- Blue Mussels
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