| 单词 | mytilus | 
| 释义 | Mytilusn. Zoology.   A genus of bivalve molluscs originally of wide extent but now comprising a group of related species in the marine family  Mytilidae, including the common edible mussel ( Mytilus edulis). Also: a mussel of this genus (now rare).Valid publication (in form Mytilus): Linnaeus  Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 704. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > 			[noun]		 > section Asiphonida > family Mytilidae > genus Mytilus Mytilus1702 1702    J. Petiver in  Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 23 1266  				Under the denomination of Mytulus I rank such Shells as have a long hing with many small furrows, and are somewhat Oval. 1706    Phillips's New World of Words 		(new ed.)	  				Mytilus, a kind of Shell-fish, a Limpin, a large Muscle. 1748    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 45 47  				They have a Proboscis which none of the Mytuli have. 1789    G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 7  				A specimen..like a petrified fish... It is in reality a bivalve of the Linnæan Genus of Mytilus. 1815    E. J. Burrow Elements Conchol. 84  				The Mytili..are all rendered stationary by some mode..of adherence. 1843    R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals 284  				The nervous system of the Mytilus. 1871    Amer. Naturalist 5 611  				The gills of the Mytili are especially favorable for examination. 1911    Encycl. Brit. XVI. 119/2  				In the majority of the Protobranchia the orifice of invagination remains open throughout life; this is also the case in Mytilus including the common mussel. 1958    J. E. Morton Molluscs viii. 153  				Sustained tetanic contractions must be best developed in intertidal bivalves like Mytilus that stay closed for long periods. 1991    R. Goldring Fossils in Field vi. 112  				Size reduction is typical as a species is traced into brackish water e.g. Mytilus in the Baltic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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