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Modiolus floridus Dunker 
AphiaID: 214952

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Modiolus (Genus)
Status species inquirenda (see note)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Source  basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63, available online at http://e-library.costech.or.tz/collect/tanzania/index/assoc/HASHb932.dir/doc.pdf [details]

Distribution Tanzania [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Additional information: This taxon could not be traced; maybe a confusion with Modiolus flavidus (Dunker, 1857)[accepted as Modiolatus flavidus]? [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214952
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-12-31 16:49:01Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Modiolus floridus Dunker. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214952 on 2013-06-19
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