Species Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Musculus modulaides Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [157].
• Modiola microptera Deshayes, G.P. in Deshayes, G.P. & Milne Edwards, H. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 7 2nd edn, pp. 1-735. [27].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Coromandel coast, India.
• Modiola triangulum Koch, C.L. in Philippi, A.R. 1847. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1847: 71-77, 84-96, 113-127 [115].
• Modiola metcalfei Hanley, S. 1843. Illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells. London : Williams & Norgate 392 pp. [235, pl. 24, fig. 25].
• Modiolus penelegans Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [411, pl. 6, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.51845, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [19°16‘1.2‘S, 146°49‘1.2‘E].

 

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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Modiolus (Modiolus) micropterus (Deshayes, 1836). —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [82, fig. 169]
• Modiolus modulaides (Röding, 1798).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-Pacific to Japan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In sand.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [292, pl. 30, fig. 3]

Chinh, N. 2001. Mytilidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) recorded in Vietnam. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 25(2): 411-417 [414]

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [168, pl. 50, fig. 26]

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.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [411-412, pl. 6, fig. 17] (as Modiolus penelegans. Discussion of closely similar taxa)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [82, fig. 169]

Oostingh, C.H. 1935. Die mollusken des Pliozäns von Boeniajoe (Java). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen, Bandoeng, Dienst van de Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië 26: 1-247 [161-162] (as Modiolus metcalfei)

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [31, 32, pl. 3, figs 4a, 4b] (as Modiolus metcalfei)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [31, fig.]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [p.292, pl.30, f.3] (Northern Horse Mussel)

Deshayes, G.P. & Milne Edwards, H. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 7 2nd edn, pp. 1-735. [27] (Small Winged Mussel)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [30, pl.31D] (Winged Horse Mussel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
06-Sep-2012		06-Sep-2012	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		15-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED