MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767)

ERMS name details

Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

545976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545976)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank

Species

Parent

Modiolaria Lovén, 1846 accepted as Musculus Röding, 1798

Original name

Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767

Direct children (2)

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Variety Modiolaria discors var. angustior Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
Variety Modiolaria discors var. semilaevis Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=545976 on 2025-05-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Modiolaria discors (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545976 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-17 14:24:28Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-06-28 01:01:50Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2025-02-23 18:21:14Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Mytilus discors Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

basis of record 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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Gorbunov G.P. (1952). Bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia) of the Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait. [Двустворчатые моллюски (Bivalvia) Чукотского моря и Берингова пролива]. In: Far north-east of the Soviet Union [Крайний Северо-Восток Союза СССР]. Vol. 2. Moscow, Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of USSR: 216-278.
page(s): 232 [details]

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