Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea

Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bathymodiolinae Kenk & B. R. Wilson, 1985
Botulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Limnoperninae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Modiolidae incertae sedis
Modiolinae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950
Xenostrobinae K. S. Tan, S. H. M. Tan, K. Sanpanich, T. Duangdee & R. Ambarwati, 2022

Literature

original description

Termier, G. & Termier, H. (1950). Paléontologie marocaine. 2, Invertébrés de l'ère primaire. Fascicule 3, Mollusques. Paris: Hermann. 246 pp., pls 123-183. [Service Géologique du Maroc, Notes et Mémoires, 78].

basis of record

Tan, K. S. & Tan, S. H. M. (2024). Tussles with mussels: Mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae039: 1-11.

additional source

Morton B. (2015). Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Mytiloidea (Bivalvia): clues from the pericardial-posterior byssal retractor musculature complex. Molluscan Research. 35(4): 227-245.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolidae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950. 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:866318

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-10-21 by Philippe Bouchet

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