Canadian Register of Marine Species - Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scheldt species taxon details

Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

140467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140467)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Consortium Scheldt Species Register at: https://scheldemonitor.be/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140467 on 2025-06-16

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.scheldemonitor.nl/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140467 on 2025-06-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2025-03-07 14:21:42Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Cheung, P. S. C. (1991). An intertidal survey Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong with special reference to the ecology of high-zoned rock pools. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]

context source (Schelde) Janssen, C.R.; Ghekiere, A.; Verslycke, T.; Vincx, M.; Fockedey, N.; Rappé, K.; De Brabander, H.; Noppe, H.; Roose, P.; Monteyne, E.; Vethaak, D.; Mees, J.; Deneudt, K. (2007). Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt estuary distribution, exposure and effects (ENDIS-RISKS). Final report. Belgian Science Policy: Brussels. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Anwar N.A., Richardson C.A. & Seed R. (1990). Age determination, growth rate and population structure of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 70(2): 441-457 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Dinesen G.E. & Bruntse G. 2001, Modiolus modiolus beds, pp. 33-36 In: Bruntse G. & Tendal O.S. (eds), Marine biological investigations and assemblages of benthic invertebrates from the Faroe Islands. Kaldbak Marine Biological Laboratory,, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/217810.pdf? [details]

additional source Halanych, K. M.; Vodoti, E. T.; Sundberg, P.; Dahlgren, T. G. (2013). Phylogeography of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93(7): 1857-1869., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413000404 [details] Available for editors

additional source De Schweinitz, E. H. & Lutz, R. A. (1976). Larval development of the northern horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus (L.), including a comparison with the larvae of Mytilus edulis L. as an aid in planktonic identification. The Biological Bulletin. 150(3): 348-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540677 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brown, R. A. (1984). Geographical variations in the reproduction of the horse mussel,Modiolus modiolus(Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 64(4): 751-770., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400047214 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fariñas-Franco, J.; Roberts, D. (2023). The embryonic and larval development of the long-lived, keystone mussel Modiolus modiolus: Implications for its restoration using conservation aquaculture. Aquaculture. 567: 739245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739245 [details]