WoRMS name details
Modiola taprobanensis Preston, 1915
541178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541178)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Modiola [sic] accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish
Preston, H.B. (1915). Descriptions of a new <i>Modiola</i> from Ceylon and of a new <i>Tellina</i> from New Caledonia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 8, 16: 84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131181
page(s): 84, textfig. [details]
page(s): 84, textfig. [details]
Type locality contained in Ceylon
type locality contained in Ceylon [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiola taprobanensis Preston, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541178 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Preston, H.B. (1915). Descriptions of a new <i>Modiola</i> from Ceylon and of a new <i>Tellina</i> from New Caledonia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 8, 16: 84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131181
page(s): 84, textfig. [details]
new combination reference Tan, K. S.; Tan, S. H. M.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R. (2022). <i>Xenostrobus</i> or <i>Vignadula</i> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)? A taxonomic re-evaluation of small black mussels inhabiting the upper intertidal zone of the estuaries of Southeast Asia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 20, 1–30. With 14 figures (Published: 14 May 2022)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac031
page(s): 340, fig. 14C-H (syntypes figured) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 84, textfig. [details]
new combination reference Tan, K. S.; Tan, S. H. M.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R. (2022). <i>Xenostrobus</i> or <i>Vignadula</i> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)? A taxonomic re-evaluation of small black mussels inhabiting the upper intertidal zone of the estuaries of Southeast Asia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 20, 1–30. With 14 figures (Published: 14 May 2022)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac031
page(s): 340, fig. 14C-H (syntypes figured) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Preston, H. B. (1916). Report on a collection of Mollusca from the Cochin and Ennur backwaters. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(1): 27-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131455
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source 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)
note: treated as synonym of Brachidontes striatulus [details]
additional source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 95-96, figs 6I-J [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source 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)
note: treated as synonym of Brachidontes striatulus [details]
additional source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 95-96, figs 6I-J [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
