MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

ERMS taxon details

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

AphiaID

138223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138223)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Modiolinae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950

Original name

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Synonymised names

Modiola [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Volsella Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion325)

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Species Modiolus adriaticus Lamarck, 1819
Species Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
Species Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiolus lulat (Dautzenberg, 1891)
Species Modiolus martorelli Hidalgo, 1877
Species Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiolus agglutinans Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiolus barbatellus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)
Species Modiolus costulatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
Species Modiolus demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Modiolus gallicus (Dautzenberg, 1895) accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Modiolus phaseolinus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Modiolula phaseolina (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Modiolus stultorum (Jousseaume, 1893) accepted as Jolya letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1877
Species Modiolus subpictus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
Species Modiolus sulcatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Gregariella petagnae (Scacchi, 1832)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138223 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-23 08:05:40Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-23 21:34:07Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-07-31 03:29:30Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2025-03-07 14:21:42Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87-88 [details]

original description (of Volsella Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). Modiolus Lam., 1799, versus Volsella Scop., 1777. The Nautilus. 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [details]

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. [details]

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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors