Species Modiolatus nitidus (Reeve, 1857)

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Modiola nitida Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Modiola. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [species 6, pl. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Essington, NT, Australia.

Modiolatus nitidus (Reeve, 1857).
Modiolus (Modiolusia) nitidus (Reeve, 1857). —
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [168, pl. 50, fig. 25]

Modiolus hanleyi auct. [Australian records]. —
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. [On the CD]
Modiolus (Modiolus) hanleyi Dunker, 1882 [misidentification]. —
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [84]

Northern Territory

Australian Endemic.

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Marine.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
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