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Modiola cochinensis Preston, 1909

541055  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541055)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Modiolidae (Family)
  10. Modiolinae (Subfamily)
  11. Modiola (Genus)
  12. Modiola cochinensis (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of two new shells from South India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(3): 277-278, text-figures 1A-D, 2, Calcutta. [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11130181
page(s): 278, text-fig. 2 [details] 
Type locality contained in Kerala  
type locality contained in Kerala [details]
, Note Backwater, near Cochin (slightly brackish water)  
Type locality Backwater, near Cochin (slightly brackish water) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiola cochinensis Preston, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541055 on 2025-05-08
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
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Huber, Markus
2020-08-06 20:48:24Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2021-05-10 20:31:33Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2023-03-03 17:27:11Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of two new shells from South India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(3): 277-278, text-figures 1A-D, 2, Calcutta. [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11130181
page(s): 278, text-fig. 2 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 95, figs 6E-F; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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 Brachidontes striatulus [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality Backwater, near Cochin (slightly brackish water) [details]

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