Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytiloida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Genus Modiolus

Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Modiolus*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Modiola*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Volsella*	Scopoli, 1777	synonym

Species group names

*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
*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 pterotus*	Locard, 1888	synonym
*Modiola villosa*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Mytilus barbatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Mytilus barbatus var. oblonga*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Mytilus gibbsianus*	Leach in Gray, 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 mussel sources: 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.

Greek: Αγριόμυδο

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	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.
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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Modiolus barbatus. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140464