Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Modiolinae > Genus Modiolus

Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Modiolus*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Modiola*	[sic]	synonym
*Modiola (Gibbomodiola)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym
*Volsella*	Scopoli, 1777	synonym

Species group names

*Gibbomodiola adriatica*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Modiola adriatica*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Modiola brachytera*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Modiola lamarckiana*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Modiola ovalis*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1859	synonym
*Modiola radiata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Modiola strangulata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Modiolula adriatica*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Mytilus cavolini*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stribet hestemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stralende paardenmossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Adriatic Mussel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: modiole sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Ξανθόμυδο

Literature

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.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412
status source	Ockelmann, K. W.; Cedhagen, T. (2019). Modiolus cimbricus sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) endemic in the Kattegat-Skagerrak. European Journal of Taxonomy. 556: 1-13.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140462