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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Mytilinae

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)


Range: 11°N to 28°S; 49°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 70  mm

Synonymy

Mytilus bicolor Lamarck, 1819
Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819
Modiolus brasilensis Gray, 1825
Mytilus brasilensis (Gray, 1825) 
Modiola semifusca Sowerby I, 1825
Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832
Modiola mutabilis Carpenter, 1857
Modiola subfuscata auct. non Clessin, 1889

Details


Modiola guyanensis Lamarck, 1819,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 11°N to 28°S; 49°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: d'Orbigny (1846); Bernard (1983)

Mytilus bicolor Lamarck, 1819, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Bruguière MS
References: Bernard (1983) s

Modiolus brasilensis Gray, 1825,  [Chemnitz 1795, figs. 1818-1819 {sic, 2020-2021}]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1795)
Combining Genera:  Mytilus

Modiola mutabilis Carpenter, 1857, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Modiola semifusca Sowerby I, 1825, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non Lamarck 1819.

Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832, p. 337, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'ad littora Brasiliae (Santos.)'
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Bernard (1983) s

Modiola subfuscata auct. non Clessin, 1889, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.

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