OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Modiolus (Fulgida) ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Perna setigera auct.
Modiolus philippinarum (in part non Hanley, 1844) auct.
Modiolus lignea Reeve, 1858
Perna fulgida H. Adams, 1870
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea Throughout Region
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.53
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Kilburn, R. N. .
Keywords
habit: byssally attached [ lives in a byssus nest partly buried in soft sediments
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References
Kilburn, R. N. . General reference
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. 1982. p.160, pl. 36, fig. 11 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.53 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.53 Biology and ecology
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.53 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.53 Anatomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Modiolus (Fulgida) Lamy, 1919
Modiolus (Fulgida) ligneus (Reeve, 1858)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53616) created by Mark Kitson on 2001-10-11. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-09-06.