MSBIAS taxon details
Musculus Röding, 1798
138225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138225)
accepted
Genus
Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 · alternative representation
- Species Musculus costulatus (Risso, 1826)
- Species Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883)
- Species Musculus niger (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Species Musculus subpictus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Musculus viridulus (H. Adams, 1871)
- Species Musculus corrugatus (W. Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Musculus glacialis (Leche, 1883) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Based on a junior honomym Mytilus corrugatus Stimpson, 1851 non Brongniart, 1823)
- Species Musculus laevigatus (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Musculus (Modiolarca) J. E. Gray, 1842 represented as Musculus Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 157 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Musculus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138225 on 2026-05-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Musculus Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138225 on 2026-05-07
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Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 485 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Modiolarca J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 485 [details]
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