NARMS taxon details
Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
138223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223)
accepted
Genus
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Modiola [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Volsella Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion325)
- Species Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
- Species Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
- Species Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
- Species Modiolus martorelli Hidalgo, 1877
- Species Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modiolus agglutinans Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Modiolus barbatellus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
- Species Modiolus costulatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
- Species Modiolus demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895) accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modiolus phaseolinus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Modiolula phaseolina (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893) accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
- Species Modiolus subpictus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]
page(s): 87-88 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2025-07-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2025-07-01
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Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]
original description (of Volsella Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). <i>Modiolus</i> Lam., 1799, versus <i>Volsella</i> Scop., 1777. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source ICZN. (1955). Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name <i>Modiolus</i> Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 9 (16): 251–266., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 87-88 [details]
original description (of Volsella Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). <i>Modiolus</i> Lam., 1799, versus <i>Volsella</i> Scop., 1777. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source ICZN. (1955). Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name <i>Modiolus</i> Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 9 (16): 251–266., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors
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