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Modiolarca Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 138221

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Gaimardia Gould, 1852
Rank Genus
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Huber M. (2010) 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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Species Modiolarca acrobeles Suter, 1913 accepted as Kidderia acrobeles (Suter, 1913)
Species Modiolarca bennetti Preston, 1913 accepted as Gaimardia mesembrina (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Modiolarca bicolor Martens, 1885 accepted as Kidderia bicolor (Martens, 1885)
Species Modiolarca bicolor Smith, 1898 accepted as Kidderia subquadrata (Pelseneer, 1903) accepted as Mysella subquadrata (Pelseneer, 1903)
Species Modiolarca crassa Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca exilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Gaimardia adamsiorum Osorio & Arnaud, 1984
Species Modiolarca faba Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca fuegiensis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca gemma Cooper & Preston, 1910 accepted as Gaimardia mesembrina (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Modiolarca hahni Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca kerguelensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Gaimardia kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Modiolarca lecannellieri Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca lephayi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca mesembrina Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Gaimardia mesembrina (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Modiolarca minutissima Iredale, 1908 accepted as Gaimardia minutissima (Iredale, 1908)
Species Modiolarca nigromarginata Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca picturata Cooper & Preston, 1910 accepted as Gaimardia mesembrina (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Modiolarca pusilla Hedley, 1916 accepted as Kidderia bicolor (Martens, 1885)
Species Modiolarca sauvineti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca savatieri Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca smithi Suter, 1913 accepted as Kidderia subquadrata (Pelseneer, 1903) accepted as Mysella subquadrata (Pelseneer, 1903)
Species Modiolarca subpicta (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiolarca subquadrata Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolarca subtortus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Fluviolanatus subtortus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiolarca tasmanica Beddome, 1883 accepted as Gaimardia tasmanica (Beddome, 1883)
Species Modiolarca tumida (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138221
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-10 13:08:08Z  changed  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2013). Modiolarca Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138221 on 2013-06-18
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