OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Modiolus (Modiolus) matris Pilsbry, 1920

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Volsella matris auct.
   Modiolus matris Pilsbry, 1920

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands): Hawaiian Islands: Oahu
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands): Hawaiian Islands: Molokai
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Easter Island Group
  PRELOVED Regions: Midway Islands (Midway)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tubuai Islands (Austral Islands) (Iles Australes): Rapa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tubuai Islands (Austral Islands) (Iles Australes)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ dredged from 59-90m Hawaiian specimens ]
depth: intertidal [ specimen from Raevavae (Austral Islands) was collected in 1.2-1.5 m among coral ridges seperated by sand ]
depth: subtidal [ 5-8m; beachworn specimens are sometimes common in drift ]
habitat: rubble [ probably lives nestled among rubble ]

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.512 [ distribution; ecology ]  General reference
 Rehder, H.A. 1980. p.107 [ distribution; ecolocy; type data ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
                    Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799
                      Modiolus (Modiolus) matris Pilsbry, 1920

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=61841) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-12-12.