Modiolarca Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 138221

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Pteriomorphia > Mytiloida > Mytiloidea > Mytilidae

Status		unaccepted (synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Gaimardia Gould, 1852
Rank		Genus
Parent		Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Sources		basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Modiolarca subpicta (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138221
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2010-09-10 13:08:08Z   changed   Huber, Markus
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		Citation: Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2013). Modiolarca Gray, 1847. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138221 on 2013-06-19
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