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Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815

420705  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420705)

accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420705 on 2026-06-17
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420705 on 2026-06-17
Date
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
created
db_admin
2010-09-23 11:55:17Z
checked
2022-03-28 18:03:25Z
changed
2025-04-02 15:27:36Z
changed

original description (of ) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): vol. 2 p. 32-33, pl. 72 fig. 1 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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] 

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source 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] 

additional source Woodring, W. P. (1973). Geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone and adjacent parts of Panama: description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 306-E: 453-539., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0306e/report.pdf
page(s): 523 [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 Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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