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Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
420705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420705)
accepted
Species
Modiola americana Leach, 1815 · unaccepted
Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Modiola tulipa var. nigra Calkins, 1878 · unaccepted
Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Volsella tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Modiola americana Leach, 1815) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details]
Nomenclature Huber (2010: 555) recognized Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 as a senior synonym of Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815. He...
Nomenclature Huber (2010: 555) recognized Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 as a senior synonym of Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815. He declared the latter a nomen protectum but did not fulfill the conditions of ICZN (1999) Article 23.9.1. Bieler & Mikkelsen (2025: 4) provided formal evidence and declared Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 a nomen protectum and Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 a nomen oblitum. [details]
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original description
(of Modiola americana Leach, 1815) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Modiola tulipa var. nigra Calkins, 1878) Calkins W.W. (1878). Catalogue of the marine shells of Florida, with notes and descriptions of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 2: 232-252, 357 (errata)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14317984
page(s): 250 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Modiola tulipa var. nigra Calkins, 1878) Calkins W.W. (1878). Catalogue of the marine shells of Florida, with notes and descriptions of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 2: 232-252, 357 (errata)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14317984
page(s): 250 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Huber (2010: 555) recognized Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 as a senior synonym of Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815. He declared the latter a nomen protectum but did not fulfill the conditions of ICZN (1999) Article 23.9.1. Bieler & Mikkelsen (2025: 4) provided formal evidence and declared Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 a nomen protectum and Musculus papuanus Röding, 1798 a nomen oblitum. [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Modiolus pseudotulipus. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 127, pl. 14, figures 2, 2a - catalog no. 218956) (from synonym Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Conchology (Modiolus americanus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modiolus americanus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 United States, Florida, Florida Keys, Molasses Key, collected October 1965, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Modiola americana Leach, 1815)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Conchology (Modiolus americanus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Modiolus americanus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 United States, Florida, Florida Keys, Molasses Key, collected October 1965, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Modiola americana Leach, 1815)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819)
To ITIS
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