''Modiolarca'', is a
genus
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of medium-sized
marine
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bivalve
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molluscs in the
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Mytilidae
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, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
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Modiolarca bicolor
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
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Modiolarca cummingiana
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* ''Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca ge ...
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Modiolarca excavata
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* ''Modiolarca bicolor''
* ''Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca gem ...
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Modiolarca gemma
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* ''Modiolarca bicolor''
* ''Modiolarca cummingiana''
* ''Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca gemm ...
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* ''
Modiolarca impacta
''Modiolarca impacta'' is a species of saltwater clam, a mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk
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(Hermann, 1782)
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Modiolarca minuta
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
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* ''
Modiolarca prisca
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
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Modiolarca pusilla
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
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Modiolarca subpicta
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
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* ''
Modiolarca subtorta
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
''
* ''
Modiolarca trapezina
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
''
* ''
Modiolarca tumida
''Modiolarca'', is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the Family Mytilidae, the mussels.
Species within the genus ''Modiolarca''
* '' Modiolarca bicolor''
* '' Modiolarca cummingiana''
* '' Modiolarca excavata''
* ''Modiolarca g ...
''
References
DiscoverLifeGBIF*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Mytilidae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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