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Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Modiola*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Volsella*	Scopoli, 1777	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895)
Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893)

Literature

original description	Lamarck [J.-B. M. de] 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1: 63-91
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
redescription	Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
status source	ICZN 1955. Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name Modiolus Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 9(16): 251–266.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223