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Modiolus modiolus Northern Horsemussel, Common Horsemussel, Horse mussel

Modiolus modiolusis commonly referred to as Northern Horsemussel, Common Horsemussel, Horse mussel . Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6396 
AphiaID:
140467 
Scientific:
Modiolus modiolus 
German:
Pferdemuschel, Große Miesmuschel 
English:
Northern Horsemussel, Common Horsemussel, Horse Mussel  
Category:
Sea Shells 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytilidae (Family) > Modiolus (Genus) > modiolus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada , China, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
5 - 280 Meter 
Size:
6.3" - 8.66" (16cm - 22cm) 
Temperature:
35.6 °F - 80.6 °F (2°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Modiolus americanus
  • Modiolus areolatus
  • Modiolus auriculatus
  • Modiolus aurum
  • Modiolus barbatus
    Pferdemuscheln
  • Modiolus capax
  • Modiolus carpenteri
  • Modiolus carvalhoi
  • Modiolus cecillii
  • Modiolus cochlear
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 21:26:13 

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:
Modiola gigantea Clessin, 1889
Modiola grandis Philippi, 1844
Modiola modiolus
Modiola papuana Lamarck, 1801
Modiola vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983
Musculus modulus Röding, 1798
Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777
Mytilus curvirostrus da Costa, 1778
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus modiolus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864
Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, 1777
Volsella difficilis Kuroda & Habe, 1950

Scientific paper

  1. Review of the functional morphology, biology and perturbation impacts on the boreal, habitat-forming horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Modiolinae), Dinesen, Grete E.; Morton, Brian , 2014
  2. Phylogeography of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus, Halanych, Kenneth M.; Vodoti, E. Thuróczy; Sundberg, Per; Dahlgren, Thomas G. , 2013
  3. Separating the effects of a habitat modifier, Modiolus modiolus and substrate properties on the associated megafauna, S.A. Ragnarsson; J.M. Burgos, 2012
  4. Effect of salinity change on cardiac activity inHiatella arcticaandModiolus modiolus, in the White Sea, Igor N. Bakhmet; Aleksandr J. Komendantov; Aleksei O. Smurov, 2012
  5. Assessment of the adaptation capabilities of the bivalvesModiolus modiolus(Linnaeus, 1758) andCrenomytilus grayanus(Dunker, 1853) under increased levels of heavy metals in the environment, O. V. Podgurskaya, V. Ya. Kavun, 2012
  6. Relationship between mRNA biomarker candidates and location near a marine municipal wastewater outfall in the benthic indicator species Modiolus modiolus (L.), Nik Veldhoen; Marek Kobylarz; Christopher J. Lowe; Lizanne Meloche; Adrian M.H. deBruyn; Caren C. Helbing, 2011
  7. Variability in cardiac activity of the bivalvesMytilus edulisandModiolus modiolus, I. N. Bakhmet; P. E. Zdorovenov, 2010
  8. Adaptation strategy of bivalve Modiolus modiolus from upwelling regions of the Kuril Islands shelf (Sea of Okhotsk) to heavy metal effects, Victor Ya. Kavun; Olga V. Podgurskaya, 2009
  9. Gene expression profiling in the deep water horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (L.) located near a marine municipal wastewater outfall, Nik Veldhoen; Christopher J. Lowe; Céline Davis; Asit Mazumder; Caren C. Helbing, 2009
  10. Oxygen isotope composition in Modiolus modiolus aragonite in the context of biological and crystallographic control, Cusack, M.; Parkinson, D.; Freer, A.; Pérez-Huerta, A.; Fallick, A. E.; Curry, G. B. , 2008
  11. Small-scale variation within a Modiolus modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) reef in the Irish Sea. II. Epifauna recorded by divers and cameras, Sanderson, W.G.; Holt, R.H.F.; Kay, L.; Ramsay, K.; Perrins, J.; McMath, A.J.; Rees, E.I.S. , 2008
  12. Small-scale variation within a Modiolus modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) reef in the Irish Sea: I. Seabed mapping and reef morphology, Lindenbaum, C.; Bennell, J.D.; Rees, E.I.S.; McClean, D.; Cook, W.; Wheeler, A.J.; Sanderson, W.G. , 2008
  13. Organ Distribution and Food Safety Aspects of Cadmium and Lead in Great Scallops,Pecten maximusL., and Horse Mussels,Modiolus modiolusL., from Norwegian Waters, Kaare Julshamn; Arne Duinker; Sylvia Frantzen; Lise Torkildsen; Amund Maage, 2008
  14. Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Bivalve MolluskModiolus modiolus, N. V. Dovzhenko; A. V. Kurilenko; N. N. Bel'cheva; V. P. Chelomin, 2005
  15. Antibacterial activities in various tissues of the horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus, Tor Haug; Klara Stensvåg; Ørjan M Olsen; Erling Sandsdalen; Olaf B Styrvold, 2004
  16. Seasonal temperature compensation in the horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus: metabolic enzymes, oxidative stress and heat shock proteins, Michael P Lesser; Valerie A Kruse, 2004
  17. Dynamics of byssal thread production inCrenomytilus grayanusandModiolus modiolus(Bivalvia) upon reattachment to substrate, N. I. Selin; E. E. Vekhova, 2004
  18. Bioaccumulation and interrelationship of manganese and zinc in horse mussel Modiolus modiolus fromEastern Canada, CHIU-LONG CHOU; LISA ANN PAON; JOHN DANIEL MOFFATT; BLAINE ZWICKER, 2003
  19. Radiocarbon-dated Mytilus edulis and Modiolus modiolus from northern Svalbard: Climatic implications, Salvigsen, Otto, 2002
  20. Sperm Ultrastructure of Two Mollusk SpeciesGeukensia demissaandModiolus modiolus(Mytilidae, Bivalvia), E. A. Gladyshev; A. L. Drozdov, 2002
  21. Evidence for and against the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon and 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-p-dioxin binding proteins in the marine mussels, Bathymodiolus and Modiolus modiolus, Kristine L Willett; Cody Wilson; Jane Thomsen; Weston Porter, 2000
  22. Analysis of underwater visual data to identify the impact of physical disturbance on horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) beds, B.H Magorrian; M Service, 1998
  23. Biodeposition by the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (Dillwyn) during the spring diatom bloom, J.M. Navarro; R.J. Thompson, 1997
  24. A Heterogeneous Sialic Acid-Binding Lectin with Affinity for Bacterial LPS from Horse Mussel (Modiolus modiolus) Hemolymph, Suriyan Tunkijjanukij; Helene V Mikkelsen; Jan A Olafsen, 1997
  25. Carotenoids in food chain studies—V. Carotenoids of the bivalves Modiolus modiolus and Pecten maximus—structural, metabolic and food chain aspects, B. Bjerkeng; S. Hertzberg; S. Liaaen-Jensen, 1993
  26. Seawater temperature records from stable isotopic profiles in the shell of Modiolus modiolus, A. Margosian; F.C. Tan; D. Cai; K.H. Mann, 1987
  27. Carbon and oxygen stable isotope values in shells of Mytilus edulis and Modiolus modiolus from holocene raised beaches at the outer coast of the varanger Peninsula, North Norway, Joakim Donner; Anders G. Nord, 1986
  28. The influence of aerial exposure upon respiratory and osmotic properties of haemolymph from two intertidal mussels, Mytilus edulis L. and Modiolus modiolus L., Alfred Jokumsen; Hans Jørgen Fyhn, 1982
  29. Growth as a Strategy for Survival in two Marine Bivalves, Cerastoderma edule and Modiolus modiolus, R. Seed and R. A. Brown, 1978
  30. Modiolus modiolus (L.) in small mid-tidal rock pools at Penrhyn Bay, North Wales, Douglas P. Wilson, 1977
  31. A Comparison of the Reproductive Cycles of Modiolus modiolus (L.), Cerastoderma (=Cardium) edule (L.), and Mytilus edulis L. in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, R. Seed and R. A. Brown, 1977
  32. A comparison of the reproductive cycles ofModiolus modiolus(L.),Cerastoderma (=Cardium) edule(L.), andMytilus edulisL. in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, R. Seed; R. A. Brown, 1977
  33. A comparison of relative growth in Cerastoderma (=Cardium) edule, Modiolus modiolus, and Mytilus edulis (Mollusca: Bivalvia), R. A. Brown; R. Seed; R. J. O'Connor, 1976
  34. Larval Development of the Northern Horse Mussel, Modiolus modiolus (L.), Including a Comparison with the Larvae of Mytilus edulis L. as an Aid in Planktonic Identification, Elizabeth H. de Schweinitz and Richard A. Lutz, 1976
  35. The effect of aerial exposure on the activity of the mussels Mytilus edulis L. and Modiolus modiolus (L.), N. Coleman; E.R. Trueman, 1971
  36. Thermal Tolerance of the Bivalve Mollusc, Modiolus modiolus L, Kenneth R. H. Read, 1969
  37. Über den Einfluß der Nahrungskonzentration und anderer Faktoren auf Filtrierleistung und Nahrungsausnutzung der MuschelnArctica islandicaundModiolus modiolus, J. E. Winter, 1969
  38. Thermal tolerance of the bivalve molluscs Modiolus modiolus L., Mytilus edulis L. and Brachidontes demissus dillwyn, Kenneth R.H. Read; Kenneth B. Cumming, 1967
  39. Transamination in certain tissue homogenates of the bivalved molluscs Mytilus edulis L. and Modiolus modiolus L., Kenneth R.H Read, 1962

External links

  1. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Jim Greenfield (British Marine Life) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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