Modiolus (genus)

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Modiolus the scientific name for the genus of horse mussels, the family of the mussels ( Mytilidae ) is heard. The family Mytilidae even turn forms part of the order of the mussel -like ( Mytiloida ) within the class of mussels ( Bivalvia ).

Name

The term modiolus derives from the diminutive of the Latin term modius, which is called a bushel. So literally translated means Scheffelchen modiolus.

Representative

Known representative of this genus is the horse mussel, which is also known under the name of Big Mussel:

• Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other representatives include:

• Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Modiolus americanus ( Leach, 1815)
• Modiolus adriaticus ( Lamarck, 1819)
• Modiolus rectus ( Conrad, 1837)

( Incomplete list )

Pictures

Lined interior and exterior view of a fossil shell of Modiolus modiolus flap