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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Mytilida | Mytiloidea | Modiolidae

genus Modiolus Lamarck, 1799: synonymy
     3 Recent valid species (3 total species)

Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 87.
(correct name for Modiola Lamarck, 1801)

Modiola Lamarck, 1801
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 115.
(error for Modiolus Lamarck, 1799)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

XenostrobusKimura et al. (1999)
LimnopernaBeu (2006), WoRMS (2011)
ModiolusBieler et al. (2014), Combosch et al. (2017)

 
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