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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Crenellinae

Gregariella chenui (Récluz, 1842)


Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Modiola opifex auct. non Say, 1825
Mytilus chenui Récluz, 1842
Mytilus fontaineanus d'Orbigny, 1842
Modiola chenuana (d'Orbigny, 1846) 
Mytilus chenuanus d'Orbigny, 1846

Details


Mytilus chenui Récluz, 1842,
[Basis of the current name]

Mytilus chenuanus d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 649, [d'Orbigny 1842d, pl. 85, figs. 14-16]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Brésil [Brazil]
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Brazil: unlocalized
References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; Coan et al. (2000) s
Combining Genera:  Modiola

Mytilus fontaineanus d'Orbigny, 1842d,  pl. 85, figs. 14-16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Brazil]
Distribution: Brazil

Modiola opifex auct. non Say, 1825, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]

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