mytiliform

mytiliform
adj. [L. mytilus, sea mussel; forma, shape]
1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In aquatic Hemiptera, the shell-shaped swimming feet.
2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia)
Having the form of a mussel shell; mytiloid; shell shaped like the genus Mytilus.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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