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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Modiolinae

Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815


Range: 32°N to 12°S; 89.7°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 1 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85  mm

Synonymy

Modiola americana Leach, 1815
Volsella americanus (Leach, 1815) 
Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819
Modiolaria tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) 
Modiola nigra Calkins, 1878
Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961

Details


Modiola americana Leach, 1815,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 32°N to 12°S; 89.7°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 1 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Bermuda, Cuba: Holguin
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962) WM; Lyons et al. (1971) l; Lyons (1989b) DL; Vegas Torres (2004)
Combining Genera:  Volsella

Modiola nigra Calkins, 1878, 
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005, 26 Oct.) s

Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961, 
[Synonym]

Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819, 
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Combining Genera:  Modiolaria



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