Modiolus (bivalve)

{{Short description|Genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|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

|synonyms_ref =

|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]

See also

References

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