WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Modiola capensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704 page(s): 20, pl. 2, fig. 3. [details]
original description
(of Modiola tenerrima E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575 page(s): 42-43, pl. 3, fig. 26. [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
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 159 [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Habitat Estuarine mussel [details]
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estuarine mussel |
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