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Modiola jenkinsi Preston, 1910
541092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541092)
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Modiola [sic] accepted as Modiolus Lamarck, 1799
Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of new shells in the collection of the Indian Museum from Burma, Siam and the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(1): 33-36, text-figures 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139636
page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Chilka Lake, India
, Note "Manikpatna, Lake Chilka. Forming colonies on...
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Type locality "Manikpatna, Lake Chilka. Forming colonies on Ostrea lentiginosa, Sow." [details]
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Dr. J. T. Jenkins.
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Dr. J. T. Jenkins. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Modiola jenkinsi Preston, 1910. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541092 on 2025-09-11
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Preston, H. B. (1910). Description of new shells in the collection of the Indian Museum from Burma, Siam and the Bay of Bengal. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(1): 33-36, text-figures 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139636
page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details]
additional source 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)
note: treated as synonym of Brachydontes striatulus [details]
status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 96, figs 6G-H; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 36, text-fig. 5 [details]
additional source 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)
note: treated as synonym of Brachydontes striatulus [details]
status source Tan, K.-S., Tan, S. H.-N., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati, R. (2021). Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Research Center Bulletin.</em> 78: 77-115.
page(s): 96, figs 6G-H; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
