False Tulip Mussel

Modiolus squamosus

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
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

False Tulip Mussel — (c) Alison Northup, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alison Northup · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 77

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Alison Northup, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alison Northup · CC-BY DescriptionModiolus (bivalve), Wikipedia contributors

False Tulip Mussel

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