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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Modiolinae

Modiolus patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 40.5°S to 54°S; 68°W to 62.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 52  mm

Synonymy

Mytilus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1842
Modiola magellanica Reeve, 1857

Details


Mytilus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 646-647 [1846], pl. 85, figs. 12-13 [1842]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [baie de San-Blas, Patagonie, îles de las Gamas et de los Chanchos (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Range: 40.5°S to 54°S; 68°W to 62.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 52 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1846) NEM; Bernard (1983)

Modiola magellanica Reeve, 1857, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Dunker MS
References: Bernard (1983) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]

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