Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Fossil record
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).
Species
Species within the genus Modiolus include:
- Modiolus adriaticus <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Modiolus albicostus <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Modiolus americanus <small>(Leach, 1815)</small> - tulip mussel
- Modiolus areolatus <small> (Gould, 1850) </small>
- Modiolus auriculatus <small> (Krauss, 1848) </small>
- Modiolus aurum <small> Osorio Ruiz, 1979</small>
- Modiolus barbatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - bearded horsemussel
- Modiolus capax <small>(Conrad, 1837)</small> - fat horsemussel
- Modiolus carpenteri <small>(Soot-Ryen, 1963)</small> - California horsemussel
- Modiolus carvalhoi <small>Klappenbach, 1966</small>
- Modiolus cecillii <small> (Philippi, 1847) </small>
- Modiolus cimbricus <small>Ockelmann and Cedhagen, 2019</small>
- Modiolus comptus <small> (Sowerby, 1915) </small>
- Modiolus concentrice <small>(Roemer, 1849)</small>
- Modiolus demissus
- Modiolus eiseni <small>(Strong and Hertlein, 1937)</small> - eisen horsemussel
- Modiolus ficoides <small>Macsotay & Campos, 2001</small>
- Modiolus gallicus <small> (Dautzenberg, 1895) </small>
- Modiolus gubernaculum <small> (Dunker, 1856) </small>
- Modiolus kurilensis <small> F. R. Bernard, 1983</small>
- Modiolus lulat <small> (Dautzenberg, 1891) </small>
- Modiolus margaritaceus <small> (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) </small>
- Modiolus matris <small>Pilsbry, 1921</small>
- Modiolus modiolus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - northern horsemussel
- Modiolus modulaides <small> (Röding, 1798) </small>
- Modiolus neglectus <small>(Soot-Ryen, 1955)</small> - neglected horsemussel
- Modiolus nicklesi <small>Ockelmann, 1983</small>
- Modiolus nipponicus <small> (Oyama, 1950) </small>
- Modiolus patagonicus <small> (d'Orbigny, 1842) </small>
- Modiolus Pedernalis <small>(Roemer, 1849)</small>
- Modiolus penetectus <small> (Verco, 1907) </small>
- Modiolus peronianus <small> Laseron, 1956</small>
- Modiolus phaseolinus
- Modiolus philippinarum <small>(Hanley, 1843)</small>
- Modiolus plumescens <small>(Dunker, 1868)</small>
- Modiolus rectus <small>(Conrad, 1837)</small> - straight horsemussel
- Modiolus rumphii <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Modiolus sacculifer <small>(S. S. Berry, 1953)</small> - bag horsemussel
- Modiolus squamosus <small>Beauperthuy, 1967</small>
- Modiolus stultorum <small>(Jousseaume, 1893)</small>
- Modiolus traillii <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Modiolus tumbezensis <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935</small>
- Modiolus verdensis <small>Cosel, 1995</small>
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