MolluscaBase - Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) †

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Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) †

AphiaID

1647678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1647678)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Musculus marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Brachidontes marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Original name

Modiola marginata Eichwald, 1830 †

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Variety Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus var. caucasicus Zhizhchenko, 1936 † accepted as Musculus conditus (M. Hörnes, 1867) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus var. tarchanensis Gatuev, 1916 † accepted as Musculus tarchanensis (Gatuev, 1916) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Modiola marginata Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki. 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 212 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus (Brachydontes) marginatus (Eichwald, 1830) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1647678 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-03-14 08:43:16Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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Sources (2)

original description (of Modiola marginata Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki. 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 212 [details]

basis of record Gatuev S.A. (1916). Русские неогеновые виды рода Modiolus Lmk. [= The neogene species of the genus Modiolus Lmk. of Russia]. Trudy Geologicheskogo i Mineralogicheskogo Muzeya imeni imperatora Petra Velikogo Imperatorskoy Akademii nauk. 2: 141-163, pls. 12-13.
page(s): 144, pl. 12, fig. 3 (a-c) [details]