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Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
545976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545976)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798
- Variety Modiolaria discors var. angustior Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Variety Modiolaria discors var. semilaevis Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545976 on 2025-09-10
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(of Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [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]
additional source Gorbunov G.P. (1952). Bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia) of the Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait. [Двустворчатые моллюски (Bivalvia) Чукотского моря и Берингова пролива]. <em>In: Far north-east of the Soviet Union [Крайний Северо-Восток Союза СССР]. Vol. 2.</em> Moscow, Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of USSR: 216-278.
page(s): 232 [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]
additional source Gorbunov G.P. (1952). Bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia) of the Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait. [Двустворчатые моллюски (Bivalvia) Чукотского моря и Берингова пролива]. <em>In: Far north-east of the Soviet Union [Крайний Северо-Восток Союза СССР]. Vol. 2.</em> Moscow, Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of USSR: 216-278.
page(s): 232 [details]
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