WoRMS name details
Musculus (Musculus) Röding, 1798
511188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511188)
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Subgenus
Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) corrugatus (W. Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883) (unaccepted > unavailable name, Based on a junior hononym)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) discors (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) filatovae Scarlato, 1955 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) incurvatus Scarlato, 1960 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) koreanus Ockelmann, 1983 accepted as Musculus koreanus Ockelmann, 1983 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) niger (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) nigra (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) olivaceus Dall, 1916 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) virgiliae Barnard, 1964 accepted as Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964) (basionym)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) impressus (Dall, 1907) represented as Musculus impressus (Dall, 1907)
- Species Musculus (Musculus) minutus Scarlato, 1960 represented as Musculus minutus Scarlato, 1960
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Musculus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 157 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Musculus (Musculus) Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511188 on 2025-05-13
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(of Musculus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 157 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
