WoRMS taxon details
Vilasina vernicosa (Middendorff, 1849)
506195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506195)
accepted
Species
Modiolaria vernicosa Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted
Musculus vernicosus (Middendorff, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vilasina pseudovernicosa Ivanova, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Modiolaria vernicosa Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff A.T. von. (1849). Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. III. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Zweischaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, ser. 6, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 517-608, pl. 12-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015377
page(s): 536 [details]
page(s): 536 [details]
Note Sea of Okhotsk; Alaska, Kadiak and Ugak islands
Type locality Sea of Okhotsk; Alaska, Kadiak and Ugak islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vilasina vernicosa (Middendorff, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506195 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Modiolaria vernicosa Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff A.T. von. (1849). Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. III. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Zweischaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, ser. 6, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 517-608, pl. 12-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015377
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Vilasina pseudovernicosa Ivanova, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 237-238, photo. 157 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Vilasina pseudovernicosa Ivanova, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 237-238, photo. 157 [details] Available for editors

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]
Other
additional source
Scarlato, O. A. (1960). Двустворчатые моллюски дальневосточных морей СССР (отряд Dysodonta) [= The bivalves of the far-eastern seas of the USSR (order Dysodonta)]. <em>Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskii Institut, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR.</em> 71: 150 p., 17 pls.
page(s): 71, fig. 37, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 236-237, photo 156 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 71, fig. 37, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors

additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 236-237, photo 156 [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Type locality Sea of Okhotsk; Alaska, Kadiak and Ugak islands [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Modiolaria vernicosa Middendorff, 1849)
To Malacopics (Vilasina vernicosa (Middendorff, 1849) United States, Alaska, Kuiu Island, collected 9th October 1978, ex coll. H. van Buren)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Modiolaria vernicosa Middendorff, 1849)
To Malacopics (Vilasina vernicosa (Middendorff, 1849) United States, Alaska, Kuiu Island, collected 9th October 1978, ex coll. H. van Buren)
To ITIS