Modiolus barbata mytiloides

Bearded Horse Mussel

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Mytilida › Mytilidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: France; St. Pair
Region: France
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Modiolus barbatus observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 359 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-14.

2026-10-14

Tarragona, Spain

(c) Tim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-13

Cádiz, España

(c) Iván Jesús Fernández Jiménez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07

Almería, España

(c) faluke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04

Cádiz, España

(c) Iván Jesús Fernández Jiménez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-28

San Pietro in Volta, isola di Pellestrina (Venezia), Italia

(c) cccrll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26

Calle del Músico José Mira Figueroa, Alicante, Alicante, ES

(c) Sami Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Modiolus barbata mytiloides. BPBM 260489. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37607966. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/260489.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37607966 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026