''Modiolus'', the horsemussels, are a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of medium-sized

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

molluscs in the

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Mytilidae Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, '' Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 ge ...

Fossil record

Fossils of species within this very ancient genus can be found in sediments from the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, w ...

period to recent (age range: 409.1 to 0.0 Ma).

Species

Species within the genus ''Modiolus'' include:WoRMS
/ref> * '' Modiolus adriaticus'' (

Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

, 1819) * '' Modiolus albicostus'' (

, 1819) * ''

Modiolus americanus ''Modiolus 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 The West Indies is a subregio ...

'' (Leach, 1815) - tulip mussel * '' Modiolus areolatus'' (Gould, 1850) * ''

Modiolus auriculatus ''Modiolus auriculatus'', the eared horse mussel, is a bivalve mollusc of the family, Mytilidae, which has a natural range in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea by Lessepsian migratio ...

'' (Krauss, 1848) * '' Modiolus aurum'' Osorio Ruiz, 1979 * '' Modiolus barbatus'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

) - bearded horsemussel * '' Modiolus capax'' (

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, 1837) - fat horsemussel * ''

Modiolus carpenteri Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' (Soot-Ryen, 1963) - California horsemussel * ''

Modiolus carvalhoi Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' Klappenbach, 1966 * ''

Modiolus cecillii Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' (Philippi, 1847) * ''

Modiolus cimbricus Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' Ockelmann and Cedhagen, 2019 * ''

Modiolus comptus Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' ( Sowerby, 1915) * ''

Modiolus demissus Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' * '' 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 Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...

, 1921 * '' Modiolus modiolus'' (

) - 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 Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...

, 1842) * '' Modiolus penetectus'' (Verco, 1907) * '' Modiolus peronianus'' Laseron, 1956 * '' Modiolus phaseolinus'' * '' Modiolus philippinarum'' (Hanley, 1843) * ''

Modiolus plumescens Modiolus can refer to: * Modiolus (cochlea) * Modiolus (face) In facial anatomy, the modiolus is a chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue, located lateral and slightly superior to each angle of the mouth. It is important in ...

'' (Dunker, 1868) * '' Modiolus rectus'' (

, 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''

& Olsson, 1935 * '' Modiolus verdensis'' Cosel, 1995

References

External links

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Bivalve genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Extant Devonian first appearances Devonian genus first appearances {{Mytilidae-stub