MolluscaBase - Modiolatus pacificus (Olsson, 1961)

WoRMS taxon details

Modiolatus pacificus (Olsson, 1961)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Modiolus pacificus. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 127, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a - catalog no. 218957)

AphiaID

600529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600529)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Modiolatus Jousseaume, 1893

Original name

Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961

Synonymised names

Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 127 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolatus pacificus (Olsson, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600529 on 2025-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-06-23 08:05:40Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 127 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

Definitions

To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Modiolus pacificus. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 127, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a - catalog no. 218957) (from synonym Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961)

From editor or global species database

To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Modiolus pacificus. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 127, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a - catalog no. 218957)

Hosted externally, from synonym