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Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840
1647677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1647677)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Subgenus
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) denysianus [sic] † accepted as Musculus denisianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1845) † (misspelling; superseded combination)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Musculus marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Brachidontes marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) sarmaticus Gatuev, 1916 † accepted as Musculus sarmaticus (Gatuev, 1916) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) cowlitzensis C. E. Weaver & K. van W. Palmer, 1922 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) grammatus Dall, 1898 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) guppyi Dall, 1898 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequaensis C. E. Weaver & K. van W. Palmer, 1922 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1647677 on 2025-09-12
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(of Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]
basis of record Gatuev S.A. (1916). Русские неогеновые виды рода Modiolus Lmk. [= The neogene species of the genus Modiolus Lmk. of Russia]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskogo i Mineralogicheskogo Muzeya imeni imperatora Petra Velikogo Imperatorskoy Akademii nauk.</em> 2: 141-163, pls. 12-13.
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
basis of record Gatuev S.A. (1916). Русские неогеновые виды рода Modiolus Lmk. [= The neogene species of the genus Modiolus Lmk. of Russia]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskogo i Mineralogicheskogo Muzeya imeni imperatora Petra Velikogo Imperatorskoy Akademii nauk.</em> 2: 141-163, pls. 12-13.
page(s): 144 [details]
