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Volsella Scopoli, 1777 
AphiaID: 516336

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion325)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Source  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]

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taxa
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Species Volsella agripetus Iredale, 1939 accepted as Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Species Volsella arata Dunker, 1857 accepted as Jolya arata (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella comptus G. B. Sowerby III, 1915 accepted as Modiolus comptus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1915)
Species Volsella difficilis Kuroda & Habe, 1950 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Volsella flavidus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Modiolatus flavidus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella fortunei Dunker, 1857 accepted as Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella glaberrima Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella gubernaculum Dunker, 1856 accepted as Modiolus gubernaculum (Dunker, 1856)
Species Volsella inconstans Dunker, 1856 accepted as Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
Species Volsella japonica Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella margaritacea Nomura & Hatai, 1940 accepted as Modiolus margaritaceus (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Species Volsella newcombi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Volsella nipponicus Oyama, 1950 accepted as Modiolus nipponicus (Oyama, 1950)
Species Volsella perfragilis Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella reevei Angas, 1867 accepted as Mytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Volsella sacculifer S. S. Berry, 1953 accepted as Modiolus sacculifer (Berry, 1953)
Species Volsella salvadoricus Hertlein & Strong, 1946 accepted as Lioberus salvadoricus (Hertlein & Strong, 1946)
Species Volsella setigera Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella splendida Dunker, 1857 accepted as Lioberus castaneus (Say, 1822)
Species Volsella subpurpurea Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella subsulcatus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella tristis Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857)
Species Volsella undulatus Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516336
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-09-10 12:28:10Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-17 08:35:07Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2012-06-23 08:05:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2013). Volsella Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516336 on 2013-05-21
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