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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Modiolinae

Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 68°N to 40°N; 74°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 150  mm

Synonymy

Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777
Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, 1777
Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa, 1778
Modiola papuana Lamarck, 1801
Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815
Modiola vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Modiola grandis Philippi, 1844
Mytilus ovatus Jeffreys, 1864
Volsella difficilis Kuroda & Habe, 1950
Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983

Details


Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 706, Rumph. mus. t. 46, f. B; Argenv. conch. t. 25, fig. C; Bradl. natur. t. 3, f. 1]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: M. Mediterraneo
Range: 68°N to 40°N; 74°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
References: Procter (1933) DdLl

Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777, 
[Synonym]

Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa, 1778, 
[Synonym]

Volsella difficilis Kuroda & Habe, 1950, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Deshayes, 1863.

Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Modiola grandis Philippi, 1844, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Mytilus ovatus Jeffreys, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Modiola papuana Lamarck, 1801, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, 1777, 
[Synonym]

Modiola vulgaris Fleming, 1828, p. 412, [Lister mlvii f. 5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Britain
References: Bernard (1983) s


Partial List of References

Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British Animals  xxii + 565 + [1]. Bell & Bradfute: Edinburgh.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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