Modiolus barbatus

Modiolus barbatus
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
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Fossil shells of Modiolus barbatus from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Modiolus
Species:
M. barbatus
Binomial name
Modiolus barbatus
Synonyms
  • Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815
  • Modiola mytiloides Locard, 1888
  • Modiola pterota Locard, 1888
  • Modiola villlosa Nardo, 1847
  • Mytilus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Mytilus gibbsianus Leach en Gray, 1852
  • Mytilus incurvatus Pennant, 1777
  • Mytilus ruber Linnaeus, 1758

Modiolus barbatus, the bearded horse mussel, is a species of "horse mussel", a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[1]

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]

  1. ^ WoRMS
  2. ^ Fossilworks