MolluscaBase name details
Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857
541661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541661)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus splendens Dunker, 1857. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541661 on 2025-09-11
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Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [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 Modiolus capax [details]
source of synonymy Signorelli J. & Pastorino G. (2021). <i>Semimytilus patagonicus</i> (d'Orbigny, 1842) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) revealed as the valid name with priority over <i>Semimytilus algosus</i> (Gould, 1850). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 150(1): 55-63.
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 358 [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 Modiolus capax [details]
source of synonymy Signorelli J. & Pastorino G. (2021). <i>Semimytilus patagonicus</i> (d'Orbigny, 1842) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) revealed as the valid name with priority over <i>Semimytilus algosus</i> (Gould, 1850). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 150(1): 55-63.
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
