MolluscaBase name details
original description
Kuroda, T. (1931). Fossil Mollusca. In: F. Homma, <i>Shinano Chûbu Chishitsu-Shi [Geology of central Shinano]</i>, part 4: 1-90, pls 1-13.
page(s): 42 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Meuschen (1787) used the name Tamarindiformes at the rank of genus in a work [Museum Geversianum] placed on the Official Index by Opinion 260. "Tamarindiformis Meuschen, 1787" was listed by Herrmannsen, 1849 [Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 2: 528], as equal Lithodomus and Modiola, but it was not used as valid by Herrmannsen and is not an available name. Kuroda used Tamarindiformis as a valid genus, included two species and designated Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758, as type; however he did not provide a description of the genus, which thus remains unavailable. [details]