WoRMS taxon details
Perumytilus Olsson, 1961
516266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516266)
accepted
Genus
Modiola purpurata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Perumytilus Olsson, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516266 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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]
Other
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]
