Horse Mussel

Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)

body length

• Shelled animal body mass: 102 mm (single measurement)
• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 360 mm (max)
• literature body sizes metazoa: 165 mm (mature, max)
• literature body sizes metazoa: 13.22 mm (mature, min)
• Femorale: 102 mm

body volume

• Shelled animal body mass: 51.7 cm^3 (single measurement)
• Body mass bivalves: 1980 cm^3 (average)

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• World Register of Marine Species: Gulf of Maine
• World Register of Marine Species: Gulf of St. Lawrence
• World Register of Marine Species: North West Atlantic
• World Register of Marine Species: L'Etang

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic
• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic
• Environments EOL: neritic sub-littoral zone
• Environments EOL: coastal
• Environments EOL: mud

have ectoparasite

• World Register of Marine Species: Modiolicola insignis Aurivillius 1883 (adult)
• World Register of Marine Species: Modiolicola insignis Aurivillius 1883 (adult)
• World Register of Marine Species: Pseudomyicola spinosus (adult)
• World Register of Marine Species: Modiolicola insignis Aurivillius 1883 (adult)

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -4.66149 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 67.0753 degrees (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 124 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -165.47 degrees (min)

not present in region

• World Register of Marine Species: Bay of Biscay

shell height, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 360 mm (max)

shell length, bivalve

• McClain Bivalve Sizes: 180 mm (max)

size

• World Register of Marine Species: 10 cm
• World Register of Marine Species: 5 cm

skeleton structure

• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: exoskeleton
• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: exoskeleton
• World Register of Marine Species: condensed

type specimen repository

• NMNH type specimens: national museum of natural history, smithsonian institution (usnm)

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 564 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -2.2 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 3.996 mL/L (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 7.573 mL/L (max)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.501 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 22.483 µmol/l (max)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 63.235 percent (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 105.854 percent (max)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.057 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.471 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 36.08 psu (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 27.473 psu (min)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 20.289 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.805 µmol/l (min)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 23.72 degrees celsius (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -0.262 degrees celsius (min)

wet body mass

• Shelled animal body mass: 90.4 g (single measurement)
• literature body sizes metazoa: 395.528 g (mature)
• Body mass bivalves: 3430 g (average)