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Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

138223  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Modiolidae (Family)
  10. Modiolinae (Subfamily)
  11. Modiolus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Modiola [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Modiola (Modiola) Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Modiolarca (Volsella) Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Modiolus (Eumodiolus) Ihering, 1900 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Modiolus)
Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 · alternative representation
Modiolus (Strimodiolus) Fürsich, 1982 † · alternative representation
Tamarindiformis Kuroda, 1931 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Volsella Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion325)

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  1. Species Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
  2. Species Modiolus albicosta Lamarck, 1819
  3. Species Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
  4. Species Modiolus areolatus (A. Gould, 1850)
  5. Species Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
  6. Species Modiolus aurum Osorio, 1979
  7. Species Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Species Modiolus biradiatus Hanley, 1843
  9. Species Modiolus bourailensis (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1929)
  10. Species Modiolus capax Conrad, 1837
  11. Species Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen, 1963
  12. Species Modiolus carvalhoi Klappenbach, 1966
  13. Species Modiolus cecillii (R. A. Philippi, 1847)
  14. Species Modiolus cimbricus Ockelmann & Cedhagen, 2019
  15. Species Modiolus cochlear (Menke, 1848)
  16. Species Modiolus comptus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1915)
  17. Species Modiolus eiseni A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1937
  18. Species Modiolus ficoides Macsotay & Campos, 2001
  19. Species Modiolus gubernaculum (Dunker, 1856)
  20. Species Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983
  21. Species Modiolus lineus (Hedley, 1907)
  22. Species Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
  23. Species Modiolus margaritaceus (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
  24. Species Modiolus martorelli Hidalgo, 1877
  25. Species Modiolus matris Pilsbry, 1921
  26. Species Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  27. Species Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
  28. Species Modiolus nicklesi Ockelmann, 1983
  29. Species Modiolus nipponicus (Oyama, 1950)
  30. Species Modiolus penetectus Verco, 1907
  31. Species Modiolus philippinarum Hanley, 1843
  32. Species Modiolus pseudobarbatus Ockelmann, 1983
  33. Species Modiolus rectus Conrad, 1837
  34. Species Modiolus rufus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  35. Species Modiolus sacculifer (S. S. Berry, 1953)
  36. Species Modiolus squamosus Beauperthuy, 1967
  37. Species Modiolus traillii Reeve, 1857
  38. Species Modiolus tumescens Clessin, 1888
  39. Species Modiolus verdensis Cosel, 1995
  40. Subgenus Modiolus (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Modiolus (Amygdalum) sagittatus Rehder, 1935 accepted as Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935) (original combination)
  41. Subgenus Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    1. Subgenus Modiolus (Eumodiolus) Ihering, 1900 accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 (objective synonym of Modiolus)
    2. Subgenus Modiolus (Modiolaria) Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      1. Subgenus Modiolus (Modiolusia) G. Yamamoto & Habe, 1958 accepted as Jolya Bourguignat, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        1. Species Modiolus (Modiolusia) elongatus Swainson, 1821 accepted as Jolya elongata (Swainson, 1821) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      2. Subgenus Modiolus (Musculus) Röding, 1798 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
        1. Species Modiolus abyssicola Knudsen, 1970 accepted as Benthomodiolus abyssicola (Knudsen, 1970) (original combination)
        2. Species Modiolus agglutinans Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
        3. Species Modiolus agripeta Iredale, 1939 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848 (junior subjective synonym)
        4. Species Modiolus albicostata [sic] accepted as Modiolus albicosta Lamarck, 1819 (misspelling)
        5. Species Modiolus albicostatus [sic] accepted as Modiolus albicosta Lamarck, 1819 (misspelling)
        6. Species Modiolus aratus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Jolya arata (Dunker, 1857)
        7. Species Modiolus arborescens (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
        8. Species Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909 accepted as Mytella charruana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
        9. Species Modiolus arcuatulus Hanley, 1844 accepted as Arcuatula arcuatula (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        10. Species Modiolus ater (Zelebor, 1866) accepted as Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) (invalid: not Molina, 1782)
        11. Species Modiolus australis (J. E. Gray, 1826) accepted as Modiolus areolatus (A. Gould, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        12. Species Modiolus barbatellus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
        13. Species Modiolus capensis (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848)
        14. Species Modiolus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
        15. Species Modiolus costulatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
        16. Species Modiolus cottoni Laseron, 1956 accepted as Modiolus areolatus (A. Gould, 1850) (junior subjective synonym)
        17. Species Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) (superseded combination)
        18. Species Modiolus curvatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Brachidontes mutabilis (A. Gould, 1861)
        19. Species Modiolus cylindricus (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Lithophaga cylindrica (Krauss, 1848)
        20. Species Modiolus delinificus Iredale, 1924 accepted as Modiolus albicosta Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        21. Species Modiolus demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
        22. Species Modiolus diegensis Dall, 1911 accepted as Adula diegensis (Dall, 1911) (original combination)
        23. Species Modiolus difficilis (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Gregariella difficilis (Deshayes, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        24. Species Modiolus directus Dall, 1909 accepted as Modiolus rectus Conrad, 1837
        25. Species Modiolus dubius Prashad, 1932 accepted as Adipicola dubia (Prashad, 1932)
        26. Species Modiolus elegans (Gray, 1828) accepted as Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
        27. Species Modiolus elongatus Swainson, 1821 accepted as Jolya elongata (Swainson, 1821)
        28. Species Modiolus flabellatus (A. Gould, 1850) accepted as Modiolus rectus Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        29. Species Modiolus flavidus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Modiolatus flavidus (Dunker, 1857)
        30. Species Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895) accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        31. Species Modiolus glaberrimus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857)
        32. Species Modiolus ligneus (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        33. Species Modiolus metcalfei (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
        34. Species Modiolus neglectus Soot-Ryen, 1955 accepted as Modiolatus neglectus (Soot-Ryen, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        35. Species Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915 accepted as Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) (superseded combination)
        36. Species Modiolus nigeriensis Nicklès, 1955 accepted as Modiolatus nigeriensis (Nicklès, 1955)
        37. Species Modiolus nitens Menke, 1848 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819) (junior subjective synonym)
        38. Species Modiolus nonuranus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 accepted as Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
        39. Species Modiolus ostentus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
        40. Species Modiolus oyamai Habe, 1981 accepted as Modiolatus oyamai (Habe, 1981)
        41. Species Modiolus pacificus Olsson, 1961 accepted as Modiolatus pacificus (Olsson, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        42. Species Modiolus pallidulus Dall, 1916 accepted as Amygdalum pallidulum (Dall, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        43. Species Modiolus patagonicus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
        44. Species Modiolus penelegans Iredale, 1939 accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
        45. Species Modiolus perfragilis (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857)
        46. Species Modiolus peronianus Laseron, 1956 accepted as Modiolus areolatus (A. Gould, 1850) (junior subjective synonym)
        47. Species Modiolus phaseolinus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Modiolula phaseolina (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        48. Species Modiolus planatus Tomlin, 1928 accepted as Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
        49. Species Modiolus playasensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 accepted as Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) (original combination)
        50. Species Modiolus plicatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Modiolatus plicatus (Gmelin, 1791)
        51. Species Modiolus proclivis Iredale, 1939 accepted as Modiolus rufus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
        52. Species Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961 accepted as Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        53. Species Modiolus pulex Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819) (superseded combination)
        54. Species Modiolus pulvillus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Modiolatus pulvillus (Iredale, 1939)
        55. Species Modiolus rhomboideus (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        56. Species Modiolus rumphii R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Modiolus rufus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
        57. Species Modiolus sagittatus Rehder, 1935 accepted as Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        58. Species Modiolus sirahensis Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
        59. Species Modiolus stalderi B. Martin, 1914 accepted as Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824)
        60. Species Modiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Dentimodiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        61. Species Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893) accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
        62. Species Modiolus subpictus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
        63. Species Modiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Dentimodiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        64. Species Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
        65. Species Modiolus thorsoni Ockelmann, 1983 accepted as Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
        66. Species Modiolus trailii [sic] accepted as Modiolus traillii Reeve, 1857 (misspelling)
        67. Species Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
        68. Species Modiolus tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 accepted as Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
        69. Species Modiolus undulatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
        70. Species Modiolus vagina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
        71. Subgenus Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 represented as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
          1. Species Modiolus (Modiolus) nonuranus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 accepted as Semimytilus patagonicus (Hanley, 1843)
          2. Species Modiolus (Modiolus) tumbezensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 accepted as Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) (original combination)
        72. Species Modiolus floridus Dunker (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see note)
        73. Species Modiolus semifuscus Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
        marine, brackish
        Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
        page(s): 87-88 [details] 
        MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2024-11-21
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        2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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        Gofas, Serge
        2012-06-23 08:05:40Z
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        Bouchet, Philippe
        2018-03-23 21:34:07Z
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        Gofas, Serge
        2019-07-31 03:29:30Z
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        Marshall, Bruce

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        original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
        page(s): 87-88 [details] 

        original description (of Modiolus (Eumodiolus) Ihering, 1900) Ihering, H. von. (1900). On the South American species of Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4 (2): 84-98., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15798012
        page(s): 87 [details] 

        original description (of Volsella Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
        page(s): 397. [details] OpenAccess publication

        original description (of Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898 †) Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXV. (Spondylidae, Radulidae, Aviculidae, Vulsellidae, Pernidae, Pinnidae, Mytilidae, Dreissensiidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 76 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47760
        page(s): 41 [details] 

        original description (of Modiolus (Strimodiolus) Fürsich, 1982 †) Fürsich, F. T. (1982). Upper Jurassic bivalves from Milne Land, East Greenland. <em>Bulletin, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse.</em> 144: 1-126.
        page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

        original description (of Tamarindiformis Kuroda, 1931) Kuroda, T. (1931). Fossil Mollusca. In: F. Homma, <i>Shinano Chûbu Chishitsu-Shi [Geology of central Shinano]</i>, part 4: 1-90, pls 1-13.
        page(s): 42 [details] 

        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] 

        basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

        additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

        additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). <i>Modiolus</i> Lam., 1799, versus <i>Volsella</i> Scop., 1777. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [details] 

        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] 

        status source ICZN. (1955). Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name <i>Modiolus</i> Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 9 (16): 251–266., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
        		 
         Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
        Unreviewed
        Authority The genusname Volsella Scopoli, 1777 was rejected by the ICZN (Op. 325) [details]

        Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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        Norwegian Bokmål krypkattostslekta [from synonym]  [details]
        Norwegian Nynorsk krypkattostslekta [from synonym]  [details]
        Swedish sprötmalvor [from synonym]  [details]
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modiola) (from synonym Modiola [sic])
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modiolus) 
        To Genbank (from synonym Modiola [sic])
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        To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101686) 
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        Unreviewed
        Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Image from typetaxon
        Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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        Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
        Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
        Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
        Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
        Modiolus modiolus (horse mussel)
        Modiolus modiolus (horse mussel)
        Image from typetaxon
        Modiolus modiolus - small
        Modiolus modiolus - small
        Image from typetaxon
        Northern horsemussel (Modiolus modiolus)
        Northern horsemussel (Modiolus modiolus)
        Image from typetaxon
        Shell northern horsemussel
        Shell northern horsemussel
        Image from typetaxon
        Modiolus modiolus
        Modiolus modiolus
        Image from typetaxon
        To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101686)
        To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101686)
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