BeRMS taxon details

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 
AphiaID: 138223

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Pteriomorphia > Mytiloida > Mytiloidea > Mytilidae
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
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: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Mytilicola porrecta Humes, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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Images 
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 04)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
Pelseneer (1911, pl. 05)
added on 2009-08-13 - author: P. Pelseneer
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-06-23 08:05:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. 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=138223 on 2013-05-23
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