Mytilidæ (mitilide)

pl. [NL. (Fleming, 1828), large posterior and a small anterior muscle; the mantle is united by its margins behind into a fringed rudiment of an anal siphon. A well-developed by us is always present. The species are mostly marine. Mytilus, Modi olus, and Litho dom us are representative genera. These and their allies constitute the subfamily My til in a. See cuts under Mytilus, Modiola, Drei enidæ, and date - shell. mytiliform (mi-til'i-form), a. [L. mytilus (see Mytilus ), a mu el, + form a, form.] Shaped like a mu el-shell; resembling a mu el; mytiloid. Mytilinæ (mit-i-line), n. pl. [NL., mytiloid (mit'i-loid), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the family Mytilida ; a mu el.