African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

AphiaID

138223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Modiolinae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950

Orig. name

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Synonymised names

Modiola Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (an incorrect subsequent spelling...)

an incorrect subsequent spelling of Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

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Species Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
Species Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
Species Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
Species Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiolus carvalhoi Klappenbach, 1966
Species Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
Species Modiolus martorelli Hidalgo, 1877
Species Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Modiolus philippinarum Hanley, 1843
Species Modiolus agglutinans Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiolus aratus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Jolya arata (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiolus arborescens (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
Species Modiolus arcuatulus Hanley, 1844 accepted as Arcuatula arcuatula (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Modiolus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857) (superseded combination)
Species Modiolus cylindricus (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Lithophaga cylindrica (Krauss, 1848)
Species Modiolus elegans (Gray, 1828) accepted as Arcuatula elegans (Gray, 1828)
Species Modiolus glaberrimus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiolus ligneus (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Lioberus ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
Species Modiolus metcalfei (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)
Species Modiolus nitens Menke, 1848 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Modiolus pulex Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819) (superseded combination)
Species Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893) accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
Species Modiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Byssogerdius subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Modiolus tulipa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815
Species Modiolus vagina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Modiolus floridus Dunker (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see note)
Species Modiolus semifuscus Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-23 08:05:40Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-23 21:34:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-07-31 03:29:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]

original description (of Modiola Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). Modiolus Lam., 1799, versus Volsella Scop., 1777. The Nautilus. 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [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. [details]

status source ICZN. (1955). Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 9 (16): 251–266., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors