''Cytilus'' is a genus of
pill beetle
Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family (biology), family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea. They are generally found in damp habitats within cooler-high latitude regions of both hemispheres. Most byrrhids feed on moss, lichens and algae, ...
s in the family
Byrrhidae
Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea
Byrrhoidea is a superfamily of beetles belonging to Elateriformia that includes several families which are either aquatic or associated with a semi-aquatic habitat ...
. There are about eight described species in ''Cytilus''.
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Species
These eight species belong to the genus ''Cytilus'':
* '' Cytilus alternatus'' (Say, 1825)
* '' Cytilus auricomus'' (Duftschmid, 1825)
* '' Cytilus kanoi'' Takizawa & Nakane, 1977
* '' Cytilus longulus'' Casey
* '' Cytilus mimicus'' Casey, 1912
* '' Cytilus nigrans'' Casey
* '' Cytilus sericeus'' (Forster, 1771)
* '' Cytilus tartarinus'' Scudder, 1900
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Byrrhidae
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Byrrhoidea genera
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