Mytilaster
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| image = Mytilaster lineatus1.jpg
| image_caption = Mytilaster lineatus
| taxon = Mytilaster
| authority = Monterosato, 1884{{cite book | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711#page/2/mode/1up | title = Nomenclatura Generica e Specifica di alcune Chonchigle Mediterranee pel Marchese di Monterosato | date = 1884 | accessdate = 31 December 2016 | publisher = Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
| type_species = Mytilaster lineatus
| type_species_authority = (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.{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138227 | title = Mytilaster Monterosato, 1884 | accessdate = 31 December 2016 | publisher = World registry of Marine Species}}
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
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