Species Modiolus rufus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Modiola rufa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807.
• Modiolus proclivis 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 [412, pl. 6, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60394, Albany Passage, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia [10°45‘0‘S, 142°37‘1.2‘E].
• Modiola rumphii Philippi, 1847.
• Modiolus rumphii Philippi, 1847.

 

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 rumphii (Philippi, 1847).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Modiolus (Modiolus) proclivis Iredale, 1939.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central tropical Indo-Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In sand.

 

General References

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.

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [82, fig. 170]

Sartori, A.F. 2016. Modiolus rufus (Fischer von Waldheim 1807). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870377 (Accessed on 2017-05-19)

 

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