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Modiolus (genus)
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Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus
of medium-sized marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Mytilidae
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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...
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Species
Species within the genus Modiolus include:- Modiolus adriaticus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Modiolus americanusModiolus americanusModiolus americanus, or the tulip mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies....
(Leach, 1815) - tulip mussel - Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - bearded horsemussel
- Modiolus capax (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837) - fat horsemussel - Modiolus carpenteri (Soot-Ryen, 1963) - California horsemussel
- Modiolus demissus
- Modiolus eiseni (Strong and HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
, 1937) - eisen horsemussel - Modiolus modiolusModiolus modiolusModiolus modiolus, common name northern horsemussel, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - northern horsemussel - Modiolus neglectus (Soot-Ryen, 1955) - neglected horsemussel
- Modiolus phaseolinus
- Modiolus rectus (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837) - straight horsemussel - Modiolus sacculifer (S. S. Berry, 1953) - bag horsemussel