World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Modiola nitens A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857

WRiMS name details

Modiola nitens A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857

AphiaID

541114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541114)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)

Rank

Species

Parent

Modiola [sic] accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Modiola nitens A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gould, A. A. & Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1856) 24: 198-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860746
page(s): 202. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Modiola nitens A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541114 on 2026-07-30

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Modiola nitens A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541114 on 2026-07-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2016-01-24 09:27:31Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2018-10-25 20:38:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2021-12-16 23:57:14Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2026-04-23 04:46:43Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description Gould, A. A. & Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1856) 24: 198-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860746
page(s): 202. [details]

source of synonymy Ponder, W. F., Hallan, A., Shea, M. E., Clark, S. A., Richards, K., Klunzinger, M. W. & Kessner, V. (2024). Australian Freshwater Molluscs. Revision 1. https:keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/. [details]

To NMNH Extant Collection (Modiola nitens Syntype USNM 713967)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Modiola nitens Syntype USNM 713967)

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