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Northern Horse Mussel

Modiolus modiolus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 709, February 524, March 820, April 1,290, May 1,861, June 2,029, July 2,171, August 1,867, September 1,371, October 1,023, November 559, December 437.
United States15,993
Alaska14,660
Canada2,898
Quebec822
Nova Scotia666
Maine479
Massachusetts359
Newfoundland and Labrador256
New Brunswick221
British Columbia199

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.From its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassBivalves · Bivalvia
OrderMytilida
FamilyHorsemussels and Allies · Modiolidae
GenusModiolus

Sources

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