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straight horsemussel

Modiolus rectus

Classification

Family
Mytilidae

Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Fossil record Fossils of species within this very ancient genus can be found in sediments from the Devonian period to recent (age range: 409. 1 to 0.

Distribution

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