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Modiolus albicosta Lamarck, 1819
817588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817588)
accepted
Species
Gibbomodiola albicosta (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Modiola albicosta Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Modiolus albicostata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Modiolus albicostatus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Modiolus delinificus Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Modiola albicosta Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
Etymology costat-us, -a, -um (meaning ribbed) is an adjective, but costa (meaning rib) is a noun in apposition. The spelling Modiolus...
Etymology costat-us, -a, -um (meaning ribbed) is an adjective, but costa (meaning rib) is a noun in apposition. The spelling Modiolus albicosta is thus gramatically correct.
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(of Modiola albicosta Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Modiolus delinificus Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 196 [details]
basis of record Faustino, L.A. (1928) Summary of Philippine marine and fresh-water mollusks. Manila Bureau of Science Monograph, 25, 1–384. [details]
additional source Ludbrook, N. H. (1978). Quarternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. <em>Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin.</em> 125: 1-286, 24 pls.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Modiolus delinificus Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 196 [details]
basis of record Faustino, L.A. (1928) Summary of Philippine marine and fresh-water mollusks. Manila Bureau of Science Monograph, 25, 1–384. [details]
additional source Ludbrook, N. H. (1978). Quarternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. <em>Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin.</em> 125: 1-286, 24 pls.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology costat-us, -a, -um (meaning ribbed) is an adjective, but costa (meaning rib) is a noun in apposition. The spelling Modiolus albicosta is thus gramatically correct.[details]
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