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 barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

Modiola pterotus [sic] orthographic variant
Modiola barbata (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
Modiola barbata var. brevis Pallary, 1900 synonym
Modiola barbata var. brunnea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 synonym
Modiola barbata var. curvata Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola barbata var. elongata Pallary, 1912 synonym
Modiola barbata var. ferruginea Locard, 1888 synonym; nom. inval.
Modiola barbata var. fusca Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola barbata var. luteola Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola barbata var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 synonym
Modiola barbata var. rosea Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola barbata var. rubra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 synonym
Modiola barbata var. scabra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890 synonym
Modiola barbata var. subnigra Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815 synonym
Modiola mytiloides Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola pterota Locard, 1888 synonym
Modiola villosa Nardo, 1847 synonym
Mytilus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Mytilus barbatus var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1864 synonym
Mytilus gibbsianus Leach, 1852 synonym
Mytilus incurvatus Pennant, 1777 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: baardmossel; behaarde paardemossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
 English: bearded horse mussel; bearded mussel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.
 French: modiole barbue
 German: Bartige Miesmuschel; Bartmuschel; Haarige Miesmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Greek: Αγριόμυδο

Literature

additional source

Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

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.

additional source

Nolf, F.; Verstraeten, J.; Hubrecht, S. (2019). Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895) a cryptic mussel from the NE Atlantic appears merely to be a juvenile form of Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758). Neptunea. 15 (1): 7-35.

identification resource

Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140464

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.
IUCN:
Red List status CR 2006This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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