Species
Modiolus modiolus (Northern horsemussel)
Modiolus modiolus. Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Modiolus modiolus, common name northern horsemussel, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
- Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
- Subclass: Autobranchia
- Infraclass: Pteriomorphia (Pteriomorph bivalves)
- Order: Mytilida
- Superfamily: Mytiloidea
- Family: Mytilidae (True mussels)
- Subfamily: Modiolinae (Horsemussels)
- Genus: Modiolus
- Species: Modiolus modiolus (Northern horsemussel)
- Genus: Modiolus
- Subfamily: Modiolinae (Horsemussels)
- Family: Mytilidae (True mussels)
- Superfamily: Mytiloidea
- Order: Mytilida
- Infraclass: Pteriomorphia (Pteriomorph bivalves)
- Subclass: Autobranchia
- Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
- Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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