MolluscaBase name details
Modiola cylindrica Krauss, 1848
541062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541062)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Modiola [sic] accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 21, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiola cylindrica Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541062 on 2025-09-12
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Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 21, pl. 2, fig. 2. [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]
source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 2, fig. 2. [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]
source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
