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Marine mussel

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mytilidnoun(sensu stricto) Any mussel of the family Mytilidae.
musselsnounAny of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells.
sea snailnounAny saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug).
musselwhitenounA surname from Old English.
marine lifeMarine life, sea life or ocean life is the collective ecological communities that encompass all aquatic animals, plants, algae, fungi, protists, single-celled microorganisms and associated viruses living in the saline water of marine habitats, either the sea water of marginal seas and oceans, or the brackish water of coastal wetlands, lagoons, estuaries and inland seas.
shellfishnounA culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
mollusksnounA mollusc.
musselmannoun(alternative form of) Mussulman.
mollusknoun(American spelling) Alternative spelling of mollusc. [A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.]
crustaceannounAny arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.
molluscanounMolluscs considered as a group.
molluscsnounA soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
molluscannounA mollusc.
phylum molluscanoungastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
sea slugnounAny soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks of the order Nudibranchia.
ocean sunfishnounA large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.
zebra musselnounA striped freshwater mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, originating in Russia.
crustaceansnounAny arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.
sea anemonenounAny polyp, of the order Actiniaria, which occurs in marine and estuarine habitats, and which captures its food using tentacles.
seashellnounThe empty shell of a marine mollusk.

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