Modiolarca
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Modiolarca, is a genus
of medium-sized marine
bivalve molluscs in the Family
Mytilidae
, the mussels.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of medium-sized marine
Marine (ocean)
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bivalve molluscs in the Family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mytilidae
Mytilidae
Mytilidae is a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. It is the only family in the order...
, the mussels.
Species within the genus Modiolarca
- Modiolarca bicolor
- Modiolarca cummingiana
- Modiolarca excavata
- Modiolarca gemma
- Modiolarca impactaModiolarca impactaModiolarca impacta is a species of saltwater clam, a mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.- References :...
(Hermann, 1782) - Modiolarca minuta
- Modiolarca prisca
- Modiolarca pusilla
- Modiolarca subpicta
- Modiolarca subtorta
- Modiolarca trapezina
- Modiolarca tumida