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Descriptor English: Mytilus edulis
Descriptor Spanish: Mytilus edulis
Descriptor Mytilus edulis
Entry term(s) mejillón común
Scope note: Especie de mejillón del género MYTILUS, familia MYTILIDAE, clara BIVALVIA, conocido como mejillón común. Sus valvas son de color azul negruzco y son apreciados como alimento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mytilus edulis
Descriptor French: Mytilus edulis
Entry term(s): Blue Mussel
Blue Mussels
Common Mussel
Common Mussels
Mussel, Blue
Mussel, Common
Mussels, Blue
Mussels, Common
Mytilus eduli
edulis, Mytilus
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.537.500.500
HP4.018.499.865
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049880
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bivalvia (1970-2005)
Mollusca (1964-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50413
Unique ID: D049880
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Mytilus edulis - Preferred
Concept UI M0470718
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Mytilus edulis
Entry term(s) Blue Mussel
Blue Mussels
Common Mussel
Common Mussels
Mussel, Blue
Mussel, Common
Mussels, Blue
Mussels, Common
Mytilus eduli
edulis, Mytilus



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