MolluscaBase - Modiolarca (Volsella) Scopoli, 1777

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Modiolarca (Volsella) Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

1696791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1696791)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798

Original name

Volsella Scopoli, 1777

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Species Modiolarca (Volsella) subtorta Dunker, 1857 accepted as Fluviolanatus subtortus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolarca (Volsella) Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1696791 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-09-12 12:58:00Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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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]