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Mörch, 1853
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(
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)
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species
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.
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980E07FC325A4B06E3" authority="Lamarck, 1819" authorityName="Lamarck" authorityYear="1819" box="[323,771,941,967]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Modiola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malvales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980E07FC325B0D06E2" box="[323,581,941,966]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Modiola cinnamomea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980D0AFC325A4B06E3" author="Lamarck" box="[590,771,941,967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="40" refString="Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de (1819) Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres, Verdiere, Paris, 6, 343 pp." type="book" year="1819">Lamarck, 1819</bibRefCitation>
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, subsequent designation by
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980B16FC325C5506E3" author="Dall" box="[1106,1309,941,967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" refString="Dall, W. H. (1898) Contribution to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida. IV. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science Philadelphia, 3, 571 - 947." type="journal article" year="1898">Dall (1898: 792)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980A6DFC32581D06CB" author="Wilson" pageId="3" pageNumber="45" refString="Wilson, B. R. &amp; Tait, R. (1984) Systematics, anatomy and boring mechanisms of the rock-boring mytilid bivalve Botula. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 96, 113 - 125." type="journal article" year="1984">Wilson &amp; Tait (1984: 113)</bibRefCitation>
, although referring to
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, incorrectly noted
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980CF8FC4A5C4406CB" authority="Gmelin, 1791" authorityName="Gmelin" authorityYear="1791" box="[956,1292,981,1007]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Mytilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="fuscus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980CF8FC4A5D2D06CA" box="[956,1125,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Mytilus fuscus</emphasis>
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as
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species (see Discussion).
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<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980F83FBBA580F011B" bold="true" box="[199,327,1061,1087]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Shell somewhat ovate to kidney-shaped, smooth; umbones terminal, prominent, somewhat coiled; siphons separate. The anterior retractor is fastened on the anterior thickened margin of the shell just below the umbones. The posterior adductor is small and the posterior retractor leaves a small scar above the adductor (
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980E48FB025B2B0193" author="Soot-Ryen" box="[268,611,1181,1207]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" refString="Soot-Ryen, T. (1955) A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 20, 1 - 175." type="journal article" year="1955">Soot-Ryen 1955: text-fig. 70</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980F83FB5A580801FB" bold="true" box="[199,320,1221,1247]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Remarks.</emphasis>
Mörch (1853: 55) assigned to
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<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980D9BFB5A5A9101FA" box="[735,985,1221,1246]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Lithophaga (Botula)</emphasis>
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three species: (1)
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980B97FB5A5CD401FA" box="[1235,1436,1221,1246]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Tamarindiformes</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980FD3FB7258810023" authority="Meuschen, 1787" authorityName="Meuschen" authorityYear="1787" box="[151,457,1261,1287]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Lithophaga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="arenaria">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980FD3FB7259B40022" box="[151,252,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">arenaria</emphasis>
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, with
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<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980D56FB725B850022" box="[530,717,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Modiola vagina</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980C86FB725D160022" box="[962,1118,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">M. castaneus</emphasis>
Gray
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(
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) listed as synonyms, locality
<collectingCountry id="F5D7766BFFC5FF980D1FFA8A5BDF000B" box="[603,663,1301,1327]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">India</collectingCountry>
Orientalis; (2) indet sp., no locality, and (3)
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980BD8FA8A59940073" authority="Gmelin, 1791" authorityName="Gmelin" authorityYear="1791" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="fusca" subGenus="Botula">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980BD8FA8A5DE4000A" box="[1180,1196,1301,1326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">L</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980B80FA8A5D96000A" box="[1220,1246,1301,1326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">B.</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980BAAFA8A5C64000A" box="[1262,1324,1301,1326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">fusca</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980A7FFA8A599B0073" author="Gmelin" pageId="3" pageNumber="38" refString="Gmelin, J. F. (1791) Vermes. In: Caroli a Linne Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Ed. 13, Lipsiae, 1 (6), 3021 - 3910." type="journal article" year="1791">Gmelin, 1791</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
referring to Listers pl. 359 fig. 197, with
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980D93FAA25D170073" authority="Solander, 1786" authorityName="Solander" authorityYear="1786" box="[727,1119,1341,1367]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Mytilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980D93FAA25AED0072" box="[727,933,1341,1366]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Mytilus brunneus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980BDEFAA25CD40072" box="[1178,1436,1341,1366]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Modiola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malvales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980BDEFAA25CD40072" box="[1178,1436,1341,1366]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Modiola cinnamomea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
var.
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980F8EFAFA5833005B" author="Lamarck" box="[202,379,1381,1407]" pageId="3" pageNumber="40" refString="Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de (1819) Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres, Verdiere, Paris, 6, 343 pp." type="book" year="1819">Lamarck, 1819</bibRefCitation>
and
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980EF0FAFA5A2D005B" authority="Potiez &amp; Michaud, 1844" authorityName="Potiez &amp; Michaud" authorityYear="1844" box="[436,869,1381,1407]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Modiola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malvales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="favannii">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980EF0FAFA5B74005A" box="[436,572,1381,1406]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">M. favannii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980D07FAFA5A2D005B" author="Potiez" box="[579,869,1381,1407]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" refString="Potiez, V. L. &amp; Michaud, A. L. G. (1844) Galerie des Mollusques, ou Catalogue methodique, descriptif et raisonne des Mollusques et Coquilles du Museum de Donai, Paris, 2, xxxvii - xliv + 307 (+ 2) pp., Atlas: 57 - 79, pl. 38 - 70." type="journal article" year="1844">Potiez &amp; Michaud, 1844</bibRefCitation>
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listed as synonyms, locality Insulae Antillarum. Based on the subsequent
<typeStatus id="527B8859FFC5FF980EFBFA1258B90083" box="[447,497,1421,1447]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">type</typeStatus>
species designation (
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980DAFFA125AE90083" author="Dall" box="[747,929,1421,1447]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" refString="Dall, W. H. (1898) Contribution to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida. IV. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science Philadelphia, 3, 571 - 947." type="journal article" year="1898">Dall 1898: 792</bibRefCitation>
), only
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980CB5FA125DCF0082" box="[1009,1159,1421,1446]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Modiola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malvales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980CB5FA125DCF0082" box="[1009,1159,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">cinnamomea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980B84FA125DB60082" box="[1216,1278,1421,1446]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="fusca">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980B84FA125DB60082" box="[1216,1278,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">fusca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are members of
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980FF2FA2A584C00EA" box="[182,260,1461,1486]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980FF2FA2A584C00EA" box="[182,260,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Botula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The question remains, whether they are separate species or conspecific (see species problem).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8D7F36FBFFC5FF980F83FA425D5B03C3" blockId="3.[151,1437,941,1767]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980F83FA4258D100D3" author="Soot-Ryen" box="[199,409,1501,1527]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" refString="Soot-Ryen, T. (1969) Superfamily Mytilacea Rafinesquae, 1815. In: Moore, R. C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N 1, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, The Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, N 271 - N 280." type="journal article" year="1969">Soot-Ryen (1969)</bibRefCitation>
considered
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980D6CFA425B3E00D2" box="[552,630,1501,1526]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980D6CFA425B3E00D2" box="[552,630,1501,1526]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Botula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to belong to
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980C57FA425AD500D3" box="[787,925,1501,1527]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Modiolinae">Modiolinae</taxonomicName>
, although the genus does not fit to the general characters he lists for the subfamily: modioliform, beaks slightly behind anterior end, hinge margin smooth or finely striated vertically, shell surface usually lacking radial sculpture, periostracum commonly hairy, free-living, often nestling. Compared with
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980D97F9CA5A51034A" box="[723,793,1621,1646]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Adula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980D97F9CA5A51034A" box="[723,793,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Adula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980C16F9CA5A91034A" box="[850,985,1621,1646]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Lithophaga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980C16F9CA5A91034A" box="[850,985,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Lithophaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the proportions of the valves are relatively shorter and higher, the umbones inflated, the convex anterior and posterior dorsal margins thickened and crenulate in
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980E1AF93A5BF7039B" authority="Turner &amp; Boss 1962" authorityName="Turner &amp; Boss" authorityYear="1962" box="[350,703,1701,1727]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980E1AF93A58E4039A" box="[350,428,1701,1726]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Botula</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E9514B0AFFC5FF980EF8F93A5BFE039B" author="Turner" box="[444,694,1701,1727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="45" refString="Turner, R. D. &amp; Boss, K. J. (1962) The genus Lithophaga in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia, 4 (41), 81 - 116." type="journal article" year="1962">Turner &amp; Boss 1962</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, but there are definitely no crenulations in
<taxonomicName id="4AC04D78FFC5FF980B8EF93A5C50039A" box="[1226,1304,1701,1726]" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Botula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BFB4EAE9FFC5FF980B8EF93A5C50039A" box="[1226,1304,1701,1726]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Botula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The only ornament of the shells, if present, results from growth lines or steps (
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).
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