APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819) - Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
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Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- dorsal view valve 1

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- dorsal view valve 2

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- hinge and beaks 1

Speciem above from private collection, photographed 04.02.16. Specimen, 48.4mm in length, was originally collected by Guillermo Gutlerrez on Zostera, Seagrass, at Playa de Sada, A Coruna, Spain, 10.04.98.

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valves 1

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valves 2

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valve 1

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valve 2

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valve 3

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valve / interior 1

Adriatic or Tulip horse-mussel
Gibbomodiola adriatica
- shell valve / interior 2

Synomyms -
Modiola ovalis, Modiola radiata,
Modiola adriatica, Modiolus adriaticus, Modiolus adriaticus var. ovalis, Modiolus adriaticus var. radiatus.

Images taken by the author, of shells within the Royal Cornwall Museum collections. 13.11.11. Also of a shell in the authors collection which was found in 5m of water at Quiberon, Brittany, France. 1986.

Lower six images on this page are, by agreement, copyright the Royal Institution of Cornwall.

Gibbomodiola adriatica Adriatic Tulip Horse mussel Marine Bivalve Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.