Modiolus | |
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Live Modiolus barbatus for sale as seafood | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: |
Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 |
Type species | |
Modiolus modiolus
[1] | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
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). [2]
Species within the genus Modiolus include: [3] [4]
Modiolus | |
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Live Modiolus barbatus for sale as seafood | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: |
Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 |
Type species | |
Modiolus modiolus
[1] | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
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). [2]
Species within the genus Modiolus include: [3] [4]