WoRMS taxon details
Modiolus aurum Osorio, 1979
506121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506121)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Osorio Ruiz C. (1979). <i>Modiolus aurum</i> Osorio, spec. nov., from Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 22(2): 199-203., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42517641 [details]
Type locality contained in Juan Fernández Is.
type locality contained in Juan Fernández Is. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus aurum Osorio, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506121 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
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Osorio Ruiz C. (1979). <i>Modiolus aurum</i> Osorio, spec. nov., from Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 22(2): 199-203., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42517641 [details]
basis of record Zelaya, D. G., Güller, M. & Bieler, R. (2024). Doubling the known diversity of a remote island fauna: marine bivalves of the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas oceanic archipelagos (Southeastern Pacific Ocean). <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17305, pp. 1-112., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/17305
page(s): 20, figs 5M-T [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 115, pl. 39 [details]
basis of record Zelaya, D. G., Güller, M. & Bieler, R. (2024). Doubling the known diversity of a remote island fauna: marine bivalves of the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas oceanic archipelagos (Southeastern Pacific Ocean). <em>PeerJ.</em> 12: e17305, pp. 1-112., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/17305
page(s): 20, figs 5M-T [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 115, pl. 39 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Malacopics (Modiolus aurum Osorio,1979 PARATYPE Chile, Valparaiso, Isola Robinson Crusoe, Cumberland Bay)
To Malacopics (Modiolus aurum Osorio,1979 PARATYPE Chile, Valparaiso, Isola Robinson Crusoe, Cumberland Bay)
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