WoRMS taxon details
Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846)
505948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505948)
accepted
Species
Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846 · unaccepted
Modiola pulex H. C. Lea, 1842 · unaccepted (invalid, junior homonym of...)
invalid, junior homonym of Modiola pulex Lamarck, 1819
marine
(of Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846) Conrad, T. A. (1846). Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(1): 19-27, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659288
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Tampa Bay
type locality contained in Tampa Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505948 on 2026-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846) Conrad, T. A. (1846). Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(1): 19-27, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659288
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Modiola pulex H. C. Lea, 1842) Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 107-108, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Modiola pulex H. C. Lea, 1842) Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 107-108, pl. 1 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic papermussel [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Atlantische Papiermuschel [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Modiola pulex H. C. Lea, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arcuatula papyria)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arcuatula papyria (Conrad,1846) United States, Florida)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Modiola pulex H. C. Lea, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arcuatula papyria)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Modiola papyria Conrad, 1846)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arcuatula papyria (Conrad,1846) United States, Florida)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846))
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