Species Modiolatus flavidus (Dunker, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Volsella flavida Dunker, W. 1857. Mytilacea nova collectionis Cumingianae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24(1856): 358-366 [May 8 1857] [364].
• Modiola arata Pelseneer, P. 1911. Les Lamellibranches de l'Expédition du Siboga. Partie anatomique. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 53: 1-125, 26 pls [16, pl. 4, fig. 4].

 

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

• Perna flavida (Dunker, 1856). —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1857. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXIX-XXXII) pp. 413-540, pls 113-128. [517]
• Modiolus (Modiolus) flavida Dunker, 1856. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [82]
• Modiola flavida (Dunker, 1856). —
  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]
• Modiolus flavidus (Dunker, 1856). —
  Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [168]
• Modiolatus flavidus (Dunker, 1856).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Habitat: reef flats, byssate (Phuket, Thailand).

 

General References

Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia: with a list of all the species known up to the present time; together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 643-657 [653]

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [168, pl. 50, fig. 24]

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]

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.

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [82, fig. 173]

Nielsen, C. 1976. Checklist of bivalves from PMBC beach and reef flat, Phuket, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 9: 3-7 [3] (ecology, distribution)

Tate, R. 1897. Critical remarks on some Australian Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 1897: 40-49 [49]

Zhenrui, W. & Zhongyan, Q. 1984. Study on Chinese species of the family Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Studia Marina Sinica 22: 198-242 [217] (synonymy, distributipn)

 

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		14-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		20-Dec-2010	MODIFIED