WoRMS taxon details
Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
506152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506152)
accepted
Species
Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857 · unaccepted (original combination)
Modiolus planatus Tomlin, 1928 · unaccepted
marine
(of Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Modiola</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 2-4, August, 1857; pl. 5-8, October, 1857; pl. 9, December, 1857; pl. 1 and 10-11, January, 1858]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127498 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506152 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Modiola speciosa Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Modiola</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 2-4, August, 1857; pl. 5-8, October, 1857; pl. 9, December, 1857; pl. 1 and 10-11, January, 1858]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127498 [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 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]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
