WoRMS name details
Modiolaria cuneata A. A. Gould, 1861
541228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541228)
unaccepted (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Modiola cuneata J. Sowerby, 1818; Musculus chinensis Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993 is a replacement name)
Species
Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 382-389, 400 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249942
page(s): Vol. 8: 38. [details]
page(s): Vol. 8: 38. [details]
Type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa)
type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Modiolaria cuneata A. A. Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541228 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 382-389, 400 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249942
page(s): Vol. 8: 38. [details]
page(s): Vol. 8: 38. [details]
Taxonomy
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
