WoRMS name details
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758
541606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541606)
unaccepted
Species
- Variety Mytilus modiolus var. cylindrica J. T. Marshall, 1893 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Mytilus modiolus var. gigas J. T. Marshall, 1893 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Mytilus modiolus var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 325: specific name of type species of Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 325: specific name of type species of Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541606 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 325: specific name of type species of Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 [details]
