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Modiola jenkinsi Preston, 1910

541092  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541092)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Modiolidae (Family)
  10. Modiolinae (Subfamily)
  11. Modiola (Genus)
  12. Modiola jenkinsi (Species)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of new shells in the collection of the Indian Museum from Burma, Siam and the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(1): 33-36, text-figures 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139636
page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Chilka Lake, India  
type locality contained in Chilka Lake [details]
type locality contained in India (origin: native) [details]
, Note "Manikpatna, Lake Chilka. Forming colonies on...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Manikpatna, Lake Chilka. Forming colonies on Ostrea lentiginosa, Sow." [details]
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Dr. J. T. Jenkins.  
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Dr. J. T. Jenkins. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modiola jenkinsi Preston, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541092 on 2025-07-05
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2020-08-06 20:48:24Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-05-10 20:31:33Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of new shells in the collection of the Indian Museum from Burma, Siam and the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(1): 33-36, text-figures 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139636
page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 96, figs 6G-H; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
note: treated as synonym of Brachydontes striatulus [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Dr. J. T. Jenkins. [details]

Type locality "Manikpatna, Lake Chilka. Forming colonies on Ostrea lentiginosa, Sow." [details]

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