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Modiolus ligneus (Reeve, 1858) 
AphiaID: 214950

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Modiolus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
Rank Species
Parent Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 160 [details]


additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 200 [details]


additional source: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Distribution Red Sea [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214950
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-11-19 09:36:22Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2011-12-31 16:49:01Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Modiolus ligneus (Reeve, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214950 on 2013-05-23
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