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Modiola Lamarck, 1801 
AphiaID: 204762

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
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Accepted name  Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Rank Genus
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Sources  additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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]

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Norwegian Bokmål krypkattostslekta  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk krypkattostslekta  [details]
Swedish sprötmalvor  [details]
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Species Modiola abscondita Aradas, 1847 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola adriatica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola albicosta Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Gibbomodiola albicosta (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola americana Leach, 1815 accepted as Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815)
Species Modiola angasi Clessin, 1889 accepted as Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
Species Modiola angusta Clessin, 1890 accepted as Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola annandalei Preston, 1911 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola antarctica Philippi, 1868 accepted as Philobrya antarctica (Philippi, 1868)
Species Modiola antillarum Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola appendiculata Philippi, 1846 accepted as Lithophaga bisulcata (d’Orbigny, 1853)
Species Modiola aquarius Grabau & King, 1928 accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)
Species Modiola arctica Leach in Ross, 1819 accepted as Arvella faba (Müller, 1776)
Species Modiola arcuata Dufo, 1840 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola arcuatula Hanley, 1843 accepted as Arcuatula arcuatula (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola arenalis Menke, 1830 accepted as Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Modiola asperula S. V. Wood, 1856 accepted as Rhomboidella prideaux (Leach, 1815)
Species Modiola aterrima Dall, 1871 accepted as Limnoperna atrata (Lischke, 1871)
Species Modiola attenuata Deshayes, 1836 accepted as Lithophaga attenuata (Deshayes, 1836)
Species Modiola auriculata Krauss accepted as Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola ballii Brown, 1844 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola bellardiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1874 accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)
Species Modiola bicolor Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola biradiata Hanley, 1843 accepted as Gibbomodiola biradiata (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola brasiliensis Gray, 1825 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
  » Variety Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola californiensis Philippi, 1847 accepted as Adula californiensis (Philippi, 1847)
Species Modiola cambodjensis Clessin, 1889 accepted as Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola canaliferus Hanley, 1843 accepted as Lithophaga canalifera (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola capax Conrad, 1837 accepted as Modiolus capax Conrad, 1837
Species Modiola capensis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola caribaea Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola castaneus Say, 1822 accepted as Lioberus castaneus (Say, 1822)
Species Modiola caudigera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Modiola cecillii Philippi, 1847 accepted as Modiolus cecillii (Philippi, 1847)
Species Modiola celator Preston, 1911 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola chemnitzii Potiez & Michaud, 1844 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Modiola chilkaënsis Preston, 1911 accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola cicercula Møller, 1842 accepted as Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Modiola cinnamomea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola cochinensis Preston, 1909 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola compressula Martens & Thiele, 1908 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Species Modiola corrugata Philippi, 1846 accepted as Lithophaga corrugata (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola costulata Philippi, 1836 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
Species Modiola cultellus Deshayes, 1839 accepted as Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788)
Species Modiola cumingianus Reeve, 1857 accepted as Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola cuneiformis Hanley, 1843 accepted as Jolya elongata (Swainson, 1821)
Species Modiola cuprea Jeffreys, 1859 accepted as Lissarca miliaris (Philippi, 1845)
Species Modiola cylindrica Krauss, 1848 accepted as Lithophaga cylindrica (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola cymbula Preston, 1908 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola difficilis Deshayes in Maillard, 1863 accepted as Gregariella difficilis (Deshayes in Maillard, 1863)
Species Modiola discors Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782)
Species Modiola discrepans Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola divaricata Philippi, 1847 accepted as Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola elegans J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
Species Modiola elliptica Lea, 1842 accepted as Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Modiola elongata Swainson, 1821 accepted as Jolya elongata (Swainson, 1821)
Species Modiola elongata Hanley, 1843 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola emarginatus Benson Reeve, 1858 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola europea Weinkauff, 1867 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola evansi E. A. Smith, 1903 accepted as Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903)
Species Modiola excavata de Folin, 1867 accepted as Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Modiola favannii Potiez & Michaud, 1844 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola ferruginea Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga corrugata (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878 accepted as Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola fornicata Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen, 1963
Species Modiola gallica Dautzenberg, 1895 accepted as Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895)
Species Modiola gibberula Cailliaud, 1865 accepted as Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858)
Species Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola gigantea Clessin, 1889 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola glandula Totten, 1834 accepted as Solamen glandula (Totten, 1834)
Species Modiola gracilis Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola grandis Philippi, 1844 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola granolirata G. B. Sowerby III, 1909 accepted as Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
Species Modiola gruneri Philippi, 1851 accepted as Adula gruneri (Philippi, 1851)
Species Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola hanleyi Dunker, 1882 accepted as Modiolatus hanleyi (Dunker, 1882)
Species Modiola imberbis Brusina, 1866 accepted as Modiolula phaseolina (Philippi, 1844)
Species Modiola jenkinsi Preston, 1910 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola lacustris Martens, 1875 accepted as Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola laevigata Gray, 1824 accepted as Musculus laevigatus (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Species Modiola laevis Danilo & Sandri, 1856 accepted as Modiolula phaseolina (Philippi, 1844)
Species Modiola lamarckiana Locard, 1886 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola lepida Philippi, 1893 accepted as Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Modiola leucosticta Martens, 1897 accepted as Arcuatula leucosticta (Martens, 1897)
Species Modiola ligneus Reeve, 1858 accepted as Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
Species Modiola lulat Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
Species Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882 accepted as Amygdalum politum (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
Species Modiola magellanica Reeve, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola malayana Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola martensi Ihering, 1897 accepted as Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Modiola martorelli Hidalgo, 1878 accepted as Jolya martorelli (Hidalgo, 1878)
Species Modiola metcalfei Hanley, 1843 accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Modiola microptera Deshayes, 1836 accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Modiola modiolus accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  » Variety Modiola modiolus var. minor Cailliaud, 1865 accepted as Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895)
Species Modiola mucronata Philippi, 1846 accepted as Lithophaga mucronata (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola mytiloides Locard, 1888 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola nasuta Philippi, 1846 accepted as Lithophaga nasuta (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola nebulosa Tenison-Woods, 1876 accepted as Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
Species Modiola nexa Gould, 1841 accepted as Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788)
Species Modiola nigra Gray, 1824 accepted as Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788)
Species Modiola nitens Gould & Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola nitidus Reeve, 1857 accepted as Modiolatus nitidus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola obesa Philippi, 1847 accepted as Lithophaga obesa (Philippi, 1847)
Species Modiola opifex Say, 1825 accepted as Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola ovalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola ovata Clessin, 1889 accepted as Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola paeteliana Clessin, 1887 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Modiola papuana Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846 accepted as Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846)
Species Modiola parasitica Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Adula kleemanni Huber, 2010
Species Modiola patagonica Hanley, 1843 accepted as Modiolus patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Modiola peasei Newcomb, 1870 accepted as Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)
Species Modiola pectinula Gould, 1841 accepted as Arvella pectinula (Gould, 1841)
Species Modiola pelagica Woodward, 1854 accepted as Adipicola pelagica (Forbes in Woodward, 1854)
Species Modiola penetectus Verco, 1907 accepted as Modiolus penetectus (Verco, 1907)
Species Modiola petagnae Reeve, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846)
  » Variety Modiola petagnae var. rietensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
Species Modiola philippiana Menke, 1848 accepted as Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola philippinarum Hanley, 1843 accepted as Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola picta Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Amygdalum dendriticum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Species Modiola plicata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
Species Modiola plicatula Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Modiola plumula Hanley, 1843 accepted as Lithophaga plumula (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola poliana Philippi, 1844 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola polita Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880 accepted as Amygdalum politum (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
Species Modiola prideaux Leach, 1815 accepted as Rhomboidella prideaux (Leach, 1815)
Species Modiola projecta Verco, 1908 accepted as Adipicola projecta (Verco, 1908)
Species Modiola pseudocapensis Lamy, 1931 accepted as Semimytilus pseudocapensis (Lamy, 1931)
Species Modiola pterota Locard, 1888 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola pulex Lea, 1842 accepted as Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846)
Species Modiola pulex Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limnoperna pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola purpurata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola radiata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola ramosa Clessin, 1889 accepted as Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola rectus Conrad, 1837 accepted as Modiolus rectus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Modiola rhombea Berkeley, 1827 accepted as Rhomboidella prideaux (Leach, 1815)
Species Modiola rhomboidea Reeve, 1857 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola rufanensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola rumphii Philippi, 1847 accepted as Modiolus rumphii (Philippi, 1847)
Species Modiola sambasensis Dautzenberg, 1903 accepted as Limnoperna sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903)
Species Modiola schmidtii Schrenck, 1867 accepted as Adula schmidtii (Schrenck, 1867)
Species Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola semen Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola semicostata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Modiola semifusca G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola semilaevis Menke, 1848 accepted as Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
Species Modiola semivestita Dunker, 1871 accepted as Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
Species Modiola senhousia Benson in Cantor, 1842 accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)
Species Modiola silicula Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola sirahensis Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola strangulata Locard, 1886 accepted as Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola striatula Martens, 1873 accepted as Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola striatula Hanley, 1843 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola strigata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Modiola strigata Hanley, 1843 accepted as Musculus strigatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola stultorum Jousseaume, 1893 accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
Species Modiola subclavata Libassi, 1859 accepted as Gregariella semigranata (Reeve, 1858)
Species Modiola subfuscata Clessin, 1887 accepted as Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola subramosa Hanley, 1843 accepted as Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola subrugosa Grabau & King, 1928 accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola substriata Gray, 1824 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Modiola subsulcata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola subtriangularis Turton, 1932 accepted as Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Modiola taprobanensis Preston, 1915 accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola tenerrima Smith, 1904 accepted as Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiola teres Philippi, 1846 accepted as Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846)
Species Modiola traillii Reeve, 1857 accepted as Modiolus traillii (Reeve, 1857)
Species Modiola trapesina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Gaimardia trapesina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola triangulum Koch in Philippi, 1847 accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815)
  » Variety Modiola tulipa var. nigra Calkins, 1878 accepted as Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815)
Species Modiola tumida Hanley, 1843 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola undulatus accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
  » Variety Modiola undulatus var. crassicostata Preston, 1914 accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiola vagina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola variegata Benson, 1856 accepted as Arcuatula variegata (Benson, 1856)
Species Modiola vestita Philippi, 1844 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857 accepted as Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiola victoriae Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903 accepted as Modiolatus victoriae (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903)
Species Modiola vignoni Petit de la Saussaye, 1862 accepted as Gregariella vignoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1862)
Species Modiola villlosa Nardo, 1847 accepted as Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola vulgaris Fleming, 1828 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiola vultuosa Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919 accepted as Gibbomodiola biradiata (Hanley, 1843)
Species Modiola watsoni E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Amygdalum watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Modiola zebra Preston, 1908 accepted as Modiolus gubernaculum (Dunker, 1856)
Species Modiola zizyphina Caruana, 1867 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
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2001-11-08 14:59:13Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-10 13:08:08Z  checked  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2013). Modiola Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204762 on 2013-05-24
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