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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Modiola obesa Philippi, 1847

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) obesus (Philippi, 1847)

Types

Primary Type: neotype [] Philippi, A.R. 1847. p.118
AM C60407 neotype Low Isles, Queensland

Keywords

Original Epithet:  obesa
Original Text Name:  Modiola (Lithophagus) obesa
Original Genus:  Modiola

References

 Iredale, T. 1939. p.422, pl. 6, fig. 30 Secondary source
 Kleemann, K.H. 1984. p.218 [ type probably hidden in the collection of the MNHNS ]  Type information
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.54 General reference
 Wilson, B.R. 1979. p.474 [ type not located, neotype designated by Wilson 1979 is holotype of Lithophaga obesa suspecta (Iredale 1939) ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga Röding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
                      Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) obesus (Philippi, 1847)
                        Modiola obesa Philippi, 1847

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19567) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.