Modiolus (bivalve)
{{Short description|Genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae}}
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|image = Modiolus barbatus.jpg
|image_caption = Live Modiolus barbatus for sale as seafood
|taxon = Modiolus
|authority = Lamarck, 1799
|type_species = Modiolus modiolus{{Cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 | title = Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 | access-date = 3 March 2017 | publisher = World Register of Marine Species | author1 = Philippe Bouchet | author2 = Serge Gofas | year = 2012}}
|type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
|synonyms = * Eumodiolus Ihering, 1900
- Modiola Lamarck, 1801
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
}}
Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
==Fossil record==
Fossils of species within this very ancient genus can be found in sediments from the Devonian period to recent (age range: 409.1 to 0.0 Ma).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16379 Fossilworks]
File:Modiolus bipartitus 01.jpg|Modiolus bipartitus
Middle Jurassic
File:Modiolus giganteus 01.jpg|Modiolus giganteus
Middle Jurassic
Species
Species within the genus Modiolus include:{{ITIS |id=79500 |taxon=Modiolus}}[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 WoRMS]
- Modiolus adriaticus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Modiolus albicostus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815) - tulip mussel
- Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850)
- Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
- Modiolus aurum Osorio Ruiz, 1979
- Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - bearded horsemussel
- Modiolus capax (Conrad, 1837) - fat horsemussel
- Modiolus carpenteri (Soot-Ryen, 1963) - California horsemussel
- Modiolus carvalhoi Klappenbach, 1966
- Modiolus cecillii (Philippi, 1847)
- Modiolus cimbricus Ockelmann and Cedhagen, 2019
- Modiolus comptus (Sowerby, 1915)
- {{Extinct}}Modiolus concentrice (Roemer, 1849)Roemer, F. (1849). Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus.
- Modiolus demissus
- Modiolus eiseni (Strong and Hertlein, 1937) - eisen horsemussel
- Modiolus ficoides Macsotay & Campos, 2001
- Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895)
- Modiolus gubernaculum (Dunker, 1856)
- Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983
- Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
- Modiolus margaritaceus (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
- Modiolus matris Pilsbry, 1921
- Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) - northern horsemussel
- Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
- Modiolus neglectus (Soot-Ryen, 1955) - neglected horsemussel
- Modiolus nicklesi Ockelmann, 1983
- Modiolus nipponicus (Oyama, 1950)
- Modiolus patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- {{Extinct}}Modiolus Pedernalis (Roemer, 1849)
- Modiolus penetectus (Verco, 1907)
- Modiolus peronianus Laseron, 1956
- Modiolus phaseolinus
- Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1843)
- Modiolus plumescens (Dunker, 1868)
- Modiolus rectus (Conrad, 1837) - straight horsemussel
- Modiolus rumphii (Philippi, 1847)
- Modiolus sacculifer (S. S. Berry, 1953) - bag horsemussel
- Modiolus squamosus Beauperthuy, 1967
- Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893)
- Modiolus traillii (Reeve, 1857)
- Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- Modiolus verdensis Cosel, 1995
See also
References
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External links
{{Wikispecies|Modiolus}}
{{Commons category|Modiolus}}
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id16371/ Biolib]
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Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Category:Extant Devonian first appearances
Category:Devonian genus first appearances
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