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Northern Horse Mussel

Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Mollusca Patch
Modiola modiolus
Modiolus modiolus (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant 1777
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database
Modiolus modiolus
Modiolus modiolus (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Musculus modulus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mytilus curtus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mytilus curvirostrus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mytilus modiolus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mytilus modiolus
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Mytilus modiolus ovata Jeffreys
Subspecies recognized by NMNH type specimens
Mytilus modiolus var. ovata Jeffreys 1864
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Mytilus umbilicatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Modiola gigantea Clessin 1889
Modiola grandis Philippi 1844
Modiola modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Modiola papuana Lamarck 1801
Modiola vulgaris J. Fleming 1828
Musculus modulus Röding 1798
Mytilus curtus Pennant 1777
Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa 1778
Mytilus curvirostrus da Costa 1778
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus 1758
Mytilus modiolus var. cylindrica J. T. Marshall 1893
Mytilus modiolus var. gigas J. T. Marshall 1893
Mytilus modiolus var. ovata Jeffreys 1864
Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant 1777
Modiola gigantea Clessin 1889
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiola grandis Philippi 1844
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiola modiolus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Modiola modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiola papuana Lamarck 1801
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiola vulgaris J. Fleming 1828
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg 1895)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Modiolus kurilensis Bernard 1983
Modiolus modiolus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Musculus modulus Röding 1798
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus curtus Pennant 1777
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa 1778
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus curvirostrus da Costa 1778
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus modiolus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus modiolus var. cylindrica J. T. Marshall 1893
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus modiolus var. gigas J. T. Marshall 1893
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus modiolus var. ovata Jeffreys 1864
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant 1777
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Volsella modiola
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Volsella modiolus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

Northern horse mussel preferred
horse mussel
horse-mussel
northern horsemussel

Chinese

偏顶蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

almindelig hestemusling preferred

Dutch; Flemish

Paardenmossel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
gewone paardenmossel

Faroese

Øða preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

grande moule preferred

Hungarian

nagy kékkagyló preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Aða preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

diúilicín capaill preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

エゾヒバリガイ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

o-skjel preferred
o-skjell preferred

Russian

Модиолус обыкновенный preferred

Swedish

Hästmussla preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
hästmussla

Arz

موديولوس موديولوس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

偏顶蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Pteriomorphia Beurlen 1944
Mytilida Férussac 1822
Mytiloidea Rafinesque 1815
Mytilidae Rafinesque 1815
Modiolinae G. Termier & H. Termier 1950
Modiolus Lamarck 1799

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Mytilida
Mytilidae
Modiolus Lamarck 1799

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae
Mytilus
Mytilus curtus (this page)
112 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae
Mytilus
Mytilus curvirostrus (this page)
112 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae
Mytilus
Mytilus modiolus (this page)
112 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae
Mytilus
Mytilus umbilicatus (this page)
112 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae
Modiolus
2 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Mytilida
Mytilidae
Modiolus