Modiolus barbatus

<em>Modiolus barbatus</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)

Outside of left valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected from Cyprus. Length = 36mm.

Outside of left valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected by TGW Fowler from Weymouth, Dorset. Length = 35mm.

Inside of right valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected by TGW Fowler from Weymouth, Dorset. Length = 48mm.

Outside of right valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected by TGW Fowler from Weymouth, Dorset. Length = 48mm.

Inside of left valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected by TGW Fowler from Weymouth, Dorset. Length = 48mm.

Outside of left valve

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Fri, 01/01/2010 00:00

Species

Modiolus barbatus

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Specimen collected by TGW Fowler from Weymouth, Dorset. Length = 48mm.

Modiolus barbatus

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15

Distribution and status

CommonDistributed from the south and west of Britain south to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives in a byssal net under rocks or in crevices (included within Laminaria holdfasts) where it filter feeds.

Key identification features

Red shell with beaks a short distance from the end of the shell
'Hairs' on the periostracum are serrated

Taxon version key

[NBNSYS0000176497]

Sort order

9300

Taxonomic group

Marine bivalve

Read more about Modiolus barbatus

Brittle shell up to 6cm in length. Red in colour but this is mainly obscured by the yellow or brown periostracum. Inside of the shell is pale blue. The surface is sculptured with fine concentric lines and ridges.

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