Subfamily MODIOLINAE G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950

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Regional Maps

• Modiolinae G. Termier & H. Termier, 1950.
• Jolyidae Bourguignat, 1880.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Mytilidae: Modiolus (Modiolus) elegans (Gray, 1828) — Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [159] (misidentification; identity of species uncertain); Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (west African species)

Mytilidae: Modiolus (Modiolus) hanleyi Dunker, 1882 [=Modiola hanleyi Dunker, 1882; now accepted as Modiolatus hanleyi (Dunker, 1882)] — Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (restricted to Japan; Australian records referred to Modiolatus nitidus (Reeve, 1857))

General References

Dell, R.K. 1987. Mollusca of the family Mytilidae (Bivalvia) associated with organic remains from deep water off New Zealand, with revisions of the genera Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 and Idasola Iredale, 1915. National Museum of New Zealand, Records 3(3): 17-36 [17-36]

Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

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