MolluscaBase name details
Modiolarca bennetti Preston, 1913
541198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541198)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1913). Description of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 11: 218–223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635779
page(s): 221, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 221, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Overlapping claim Falkland / Malvinas Islands:...
type locality contained in Overlapping claim Falkland / Malvinas Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolarca bennetti Preston, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541198 on 2025-09-12
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Preston, H. B. (1913). Description of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 11: 218–223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635779
page(s): 221, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 221, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
source of synonymy 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
