Mytilus edulis, attached by its byssus (By) to a piece of wood: F, food; S, exeurrent siphon, the branchial siphon being below it and not closed. 1903. Mytilus.

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Mytilus edulis, attached by its byssus (By) to a piece of wood: F, food; S, exeurrent siphon, the branchial siphon being below it and not closed.
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- Metazoa (animals)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (bivalves)
- Mytiloidea
- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae (True Mussels)
- Mytilus (Black Mussels)
- Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)
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