MolluscaBase name details

Volsella Scopoli, 1777

516336  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516336)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Modiolidae (Family)
  10. Modiolinae (Subfamily)
  11. Volsella (Genus)
 unaccepted (invalid: suppressed by ICZN Opinion325)
Genus
Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Subgenus Volsella (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
    1. Species Volsella (Amygdalum) newcombi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Volsella agripeta (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848 (junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Volsella arata Dunker, 1857 accepted as Jolya arata (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Volsella capensis (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Volsella compta G. B. Sowerby III, 1915 accepted as Modiolus comptus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1915)
  6. Species Volsella demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Volsella difficilis Kuroda & T. Habe, 1950 accepted as Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior secondary homonym of Modiola difficilis Deshayes, 1863; Modiolus kurilensis is a replacement name)
  8. Species Volsella flavida Dunker, 1857 accepted as Modiolatus flavidus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Volsella fortunei Dunker, 1857 accepted as Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Volsella glaberrima Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Volsella gubernaculum Dunker, 1857 accepted as Modiolus gubernaculum (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Volsella inconstans Dunker, 1857 accepted as Xenostrobus inconstans (Dunker, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  13. Species Volsella japonica Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Volsella manchurica K. Suzuki, 1942 † accepted as Musculus manchuricus (K. Suzuki, 1942) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Volsella margaritacea Nomura & Hatai, 1940 accepted as Modiolus margaritaceus (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Volsella modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  17. Species Volsella newcombi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Volsella nipponica Oyama, 1950 accepted as Modiolus nipponicus (Oyama, 1950)
  19. Species Volsella perfragilis Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Volsella reevei Angas, 1867 accepted as Mytella charruana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843)
  21. Species Volsella sacculifer S. S. Berry, 1953 accepted as Modiolus sacculifer (S. S. Berry, 1953) (original combination)
  22. Species Volsella salvadorica Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946 accepted as Lioberus salvadoricus (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1946) (original combination)
  23. Species Volsella setigera Dunker, 1857 accepted as Gregariella setigera (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  24. Species Volsella splendida Dunker, 1857 accepted as Lioberus castanea (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Volsella subpurpurea Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Volsella subrugosa (Grabau & S. G. King, 1928) accepted as Jolya rhomboidea (Reeve, 1857)
  27. Species Volsella subsulcata Dunker, 1857 accepted as Dentimodiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Volsella tristis Dunker, 1857 accepted as Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857)
  29. Species Volsella tulipa (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Volsella undulata Dunker, 1857 accepted as Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Volsella maroimensis C. A. White, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
feminine
Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397. [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volsella Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516336 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2010-09-10 12:28:10Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-09-17 08:35:07Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2012-06-23 08:05:40Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-10-08 23:01:11Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2025-01-24 09:51:44Z
changed
Herbert, David

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


original description Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 397. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1931). <i>Modiolus</i> Lam., 1799, versus <i>Volsella</i> Scop., 1777. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(1): 33-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527858 [details] 

status source ICZN. (1955). Opinion 325. Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name <i>Modiolus</i> Lamarck, 1799 (class Pelecypoda). <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 9 (16): 251–266., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34610348 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Unreviewed
This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»
Website and databases developed and hosted by Flanders Marine Institute · Page generated on 2025-09-11 07:37:10+02:00  · Contact: Data Management Team