Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Mytilida
Superfamilia: Mytiloidea
Familia: Mytilidae
Subfamilia: Modiolinae
Genus: Modiolus
Species: †M. abaensis – †M. adelaidensis – M. adriaticus – M. albicosta – †M. amaurus – M. americanus – M. areolatus – M. auriculatus – M. aurum – †M. balongensis – M. barbatus – †M. bipartitus – M. biradiatus – M. bourailensis – †M. brocchii – M. capax – M. carpenteri – M. carvalhoi – M. cecillii – M. cimbricus – M. cochlear – M. comptus – †M. curvus – †M. dolabratus – M. eiseni – †M. elongatus – M. ficoides – †M. flemischi – M. gubernaculum – †M. hoernesi – †M. imbricatus – †M. incrassatus – †M. intermedius – †M. javanus – †M. kaikourensis – †M. katscharavai – M. kurilensis – †M. latecaudatus – †M. ligeriensis – M. lineus – M. lulat – †M. maeoticus – M. margaritaceus – †M. martini – M. martorelli – M. matris – M. modiolus – M. modulaides – M. mortenseni – M. nekhoroschevi – M. nicklesi – M. nipponicus – M. penetectus – M. peronianus – M. philippinarum – †M. praeruptus – M. pseudobarbatus – †M. pueblensis – M. rectus – †M. restorationensis – †M. reversus – M. rufus – M. sacculifer – †M. scalprum – †M. semilaevigatus – †M. semirutus – M. squamosus – †M. subcarinatus – †M. thomsoni – M. traillii – M. tumescens – †M. turneri – †M. ventricosus – M. verdensis – †M. zujovici
Name
Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Type species: Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) [type by monotypy].
Synonymy
Modiola Lamarck, 1801 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898
Modiola (Modiola) Lamarck, 1801
Modiolarca (Volsella) Scopoli, 1777
Modiolus (Eumodiolus) Ihering, 1900
Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799
Modiolus (Strimodiolus) Fürsich, 1982
Mytilus (Modiola) Lamarck, 1799
Tamarindiformis Kuroda, 1931
Volsella Scopoli, 1777 (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 325)
References
Primary references
Lamarck, J.B. 1799. Prodrome d’une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l’établissement d’un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63–91. BHL Reference page. [original description]
Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Fossil record
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 from the Middle Jurassic
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
Species within the genus Modiolus include:[3][4]
Modiolus adriaticus (Lamarck, 1819)
Modiolus albicostus (Lamarck, 1819)
Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815) - tulip mussel
Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850)
Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Modiolus aurum Osorio Ruiz, 1979
Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - bearded horsemussel
Modiolus capax (Conrad, 1837) - fat horsemussel
Modiolus carpenteri (Soot-Ryen, 1963) - California horsemussel
Modiolus carvalhoi Klappenbach, 1966
Modiolus cecillii (Philippi, 1847)
Modiolus cimbricus Ockelmann and Cedhagen, 2019
Modiolus comptus (Sowerby, 1915)
†Modiolus concentrice (Roemer, 1849)[5]
Modiolus demissus
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, 1921
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) - 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, 1842)
†Modiolus Pedernalis (Roemer, 1849)
Modiolus penetectus (Verco, 1907)
Modiolus peronianus Laseron, 1956
Modiolus phaseolinus
Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1843)
Modiolus plumescens (Dunker, 1868)
Modiolus rectus (Conrad, 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 Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
Modiolus verdensis Cosel, 1995
See also
Modiolus (disambiguation)
References
Philippe Bouchet; Serge Gofas (2012). "Modiolus Lamarck, 1799". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
Fossilworks
"Modiolus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
WoRMS
Roemer, F. (1849). Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus.
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