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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Malacolog (2011): summary

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Full Citation

Malacolog. 2011. Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
+ Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909
+ Mytilus falcatus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926
+ Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Mytilus bicolor Bruguière, 1792
+ Modiola brasiliensis Gray, 1825
+ Modiola semifusca Sowerby, 1825
+ Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832
+ Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857
+ Modiola subfuscata Clessin, 1887

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967