Modiolus (genus)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
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Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 |
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Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus), 1758 |
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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).
Species within the genus Modiolus include:
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