WoRMS taxon details
Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
AphiaID: 140472
AphiaID: 140472
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Musculus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Musculus Röding, 1798 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Modiola substriata Gray, 1824 Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767) Modiolaria discors var. angustior Jeffreys, 1864 Modiolaria discors var. semilaevis Jeffreys, 1864 Modiolaria faba Beck in Robert, 1838 Modiolaria impressa Dall, 1907 Modiolaria laevis Beck in Robert, 1838 Musculus filatovae Scarlato, 1955 Musculus incurvatus Scarlato, 1960 Musculus olivaceus Dall, 1916 Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767 Mytilus discors arcticus Fabricius, 1788 Mytilus discrepans Montagu, 1803 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] 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: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] 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. page(s): pl. 17 Mollusques, fig. 4 a-h [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Chamcook [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Coast of England [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Strait [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Lorneville Harbour [details] Madeira [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Minas Basin [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, lower North Shore; middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); Cobscook Bay [details] Distribution: Circumboreal [details] Habitat: bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Reproduction: separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details] Taxonomy: There has been quite a lot of discussion about the systematics and nomenclature of M. discors, especially concerning the status of Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767 s.s., Modiola laevigata Gray, 1824, Modiola substriata Gray, 1824 and Modiolaria corrugata Stimpson, 1851. Sometimes, all these forms are considered as independant species. But frequently, one or more of these species can be seen as a variety or a subspecies, especially Musculus discors. Until now, there's no good solution for this problem. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140472 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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