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(of Modiola strigata Hanley, 1843) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846].
page(s): 243 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1458663 on 2026-09-29

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Nomenclature

original description (of Volsella reevei Angas, 1867) Angas, G. F. (1868 ["1867"]). On a new genus and some new species of marine Mollusca from Port Jackson, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1867): 908-935, pl. 44.
page(s): 929 [details]

original description (of Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967) Beauperthuy, I. (1967). Los Mitilidos de Venezuela (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de la Universidad de Oriente. 6(1): 7-115.
page(s): 62-63, textfig. 3, pl. 21 figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390 [details]

original description (of Modiola strigata Hanley, 1843) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846].
page(s): 243 [details]

original description (of Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846].
page(s): 251; note: not the same as Modiola strigata published in the same volume p. 241 [details]

original description (of Mytilus falcatus A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 645 [details]

original description (of Mytilus charruanus A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 645 [1846]; pl. 84 figs 38-39 [1847] [details]

original description (of Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857-1858). Monograph of the genus Mytilus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2, 3, Jun. 1857; 4-7, Aug. 1857; 1, 8-11, Jan. 1858 [pl. 9 as "1857"]]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127450 [details]

original description (of Musculus lebourae K. M. White, 1949) White, K. M. (1949). Musculus lebourae, new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 28(1): 46–49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064557 [details]

basis of record Lim J.Y., Tay T.S., Lim C.S., Lee S.S.C., Teo S.L.M. & Tan K.S. (2018). Mytella strigata (Bivalvia: Mytilidae): an alien mussel recently introduced to Singapore and spreading rapidly. Molluscan Research. 38(3): 170-186., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2018.1423858 [details]

basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 97, pl. 32 [details]

Other

additional source Jayachandran, P. R.; Ma, P.-Z.; Velásquez, M.; Kokesh, B. S.; Jima, M.; Uba, K. I. N.; Lodeiros, C.; Vishnudattan, N.; Mello, L. C.; Metri, R.; Guilherme, P. D. B.; Muniz, P.; Pedelacq, M. E.; Brugnoli, E.; Regina Hershey, N.; Maeda-Martínez, A. N.; Vallejo, B. M.; Zapata-Vívenes, E.; Cabiguin, M. M.; Hoffman, E. A.; Manokaran, S.; Yap, C. K.; Gopi, J.; Dixit, S.; Panicz, R.; Joseph, P.; Manikandan, K. P.; Joydas, T. V.; Bijoy Nandan, S.; Zhang, Z. (2026). Global invasion dynamics of the charru mussel Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843): mechanisms, impacts, knowledge gaps, and biosecurity implications. Hydrobiologia. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-026-06253-5 [details]