NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2002

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mytilidae
  Order - Mytiloida
  Subclass - Pteriomorphia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Modiolus modiolus
      Species - Modiolus demissus
      Species - Modiolus rectus
      Species - Modiolus americanus
      Species - Modiolus phaseolinus
      Species - Modiolus barbatus
      Species - Modiolus capax
      Species - Modiolus neglectus
      Species - Modiolus carpenteri
      Species - Modiolus eiseni
      Species - Modiolus sacculifer
      Species - Modiolus adriaticus