Modiolus barbatus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bearded horse mussel

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Mytilida | Mytilidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 3 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).  Subtropical; 62°N - 8°N, 32°W - 78°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea: from UK south to Mauritania and east to India.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.6 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7859); common length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7859); max. reported age: 13 years (Ref. 80239)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 122114. Generally occurs in marine coastal habitats (Ref. 122115). Occurs in the lower eulittoral-sublittoral fringe from lower depths to 110 m (Ref. 7859). Main food and feeding type based on another species of the same Genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 95810).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Demir, M. 2003. (Ref. 2754)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.1 - 15.4, mean 10.3 (based on 79 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18-0.21; tmax=13).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.