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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Crenellinae

Musculus niger (Gray, 1824)


Range: 82°N to 35°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 110 m (live 0 to 26 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 58  mm

Synonymy

Modiolus discrepans auct. non Montagu, 1803
Mytilus discrepans auct. non Montagu, 1803
Modiola nigra Gray, 1824
Modiolaria striatula Robert, 1838
Modiola cultellus Deshayes, 1839
Modiolaria nexa Gould, 1841
Modiolus stalderi B. Martin, 1914
Musculus obesus Dall, 1916
Musculus protractus Dall, 1916
Modiolaria bullata Derjugin, 1928

Details


Modiola nigra Gray, 1824b, p. 244, [Mont. Brit. Shells, pl. 26, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 82°N to 35°N; 75°W to 30.5°W
Depth: 0 to 110 m (live 0 to 26 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 58 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland; Canada: Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey
References: Procter (1933) dLl; Schiötte (1989) LlNE

Modiolaria bullata Derjugin, 1928, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Modiola cultellus Deshayes, 1839, 
[Synonym]
Range: 70°N
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Mytilus discrepans auct. non Montagu, 1803, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification by Leach (1815).
Combining Genera:  Modiolus

Modiolaria nexa Gould, 1841, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Musculus obesus Dall, 1916b, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Nude name in Dall (1916a); non Reeve, 1858.

Musculus protractus Dall, 1916b, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Nude name in Dall (1916a).

Modiolus stalderi B. Martin, 1914, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Modiolaria striatula Robert, 1838, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck MS
References: Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Gray, J. E. 1824. Shells A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage 240-246 John Murray: London.

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