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Musculus Röding, 1798 
AphiaID: 138225

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa		  Lanistes Swainson, 1840 (synonym)
 Lanistina Gray, 1847 (synonym)
 Modiolarca Gray, 1843
 Modiolaria Beck in Robert, 1838
 Musculus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1843
 Musculus (Musculus) Röding, 1798
Sources  basis of record: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [details]

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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Robert E. 1838. Zoologie et Medecine. in: Gaimard P. (ed.), Voyage en Islande et au Groënland pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche. vol. 7. Paris, Arthus Bertrand.  [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Musculus alganus Laseron, 1956
Species Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Musculus calceatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Musculus concinnus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
Species Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Musculus cupreus (Gould, 1861)
Species Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
Species Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Species Musculus imus (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Musculus koreanus Ockelmann, 1983
Species Musculus laevigatus (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Species Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Musculus minutus Scarlato, 1960
Species Musculus nanulus Thiele, 1930
Species Musculus nanus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Species Musculus nipponicus Okutani, 2005 ex Kuroda, ms.
Species Musculus panhai Moolenbeek, 2009
Species Musculus phenax Dall, 1915
Species Musculus pusio (A. Adams, 1862)
Species Musculus pygmaeus Glynn, 1964
Species Musculus semiradiatus (Verco, 1908)
Species Musculus strigatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788)
Species Musculus taylori (Dall, 1897)
Species Musculus varicosus (Gould, 1844)
Species Musculus viator (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Musculus viridulus (H. Adams, 1871)

Subgenus Musculus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1843 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (alternate representation)
  » Species Musculus (Modiolarca) impacta (Hermann, 1782) accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Subgenus Musculus (Musculus) Röding, 1798 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798 (alternate representation)

Species Musculus chinensis Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993 accepted as Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Musculus corrugatus (Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
Species Musculus cuneatus (Gould, 1861) accepted as Musculus coenobitus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Musculus difficilis (Deshayes in Maillard, 1863) accepted as Gregariella difficilis (Deshayes in Maillard, 1863)
Species Musculus filatovae Scarlato, 1955 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Musculus incurvatus Scarlato, 1960 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Musculus inflatus Thiele, 1930 accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Species Musculus laysanus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Musculus lebourae White, 1949 accepted as Musculus strigatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Musculus marmoratus (Forbes, 1838) accepted as Modiolarca subpicta (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Musculus modulaides Röding, 1798 accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Musculus modulus Röding, 1798 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Musculus molokaius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Musculus neglectus Kuroda, 1941 accepted as Musculus cupreus (Gould, 1861)
Species Musculus novaezeelandiae Röding, 1798 accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Species Musculus nubilis Iredale, 1937 accepted as Gregariella nubilis (Iredale, 1937)
Species Musculus oahuus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Musculus olivaceus Dall, 1916 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Musculus pailolus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Musculus aviarius Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 accepted as Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815)
Species Musculus tumida (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Musculus ulmus Iredale, 1936 accepted as Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Musculus virgiliae Barnard, 1964 accepted as Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Chagos [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Images 
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138225
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Musculus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138225 on 2013-06-19
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