TY - JOUR
T1 - Modiolus cimbricus sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) endemic in the Kattegat-Skagerrak
AU - Ockelmann, Kurt W.
AU - Cedhagen, Tomas
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Small usually beautifully coloured mussels from the Kattegat were to date identifi ed as Modiolus adriaticus (Lamarck, 1819) since C.G.Johs. Petersen’s account of the shell-bearing molluscs was published in 1888. However, these mussels from Danish and Swedish waters represent a very distinct new species which also is endemic. The present paper serves to describe this new species, Modiolus cimbricus sp. nov., which belongs to the genus Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. The genus Gibbomodiola Sacco, 1898, to which Modiolus adriaticus has been moved, is here synonymized with Modiolus Lamarck, 1799.
AB - Small usually beautifully coloured mussels from the Kattegat were to date identifi ed as Modiolus adriaticus (Lamarck, 1819) since C.G.Johs. Petersen’s account of the shell-bearing molluscs was published in 1888. However, these mussels from Danish and Swedish waters represent a very distinct new species which also is endemic. The present paper serves to describe this new species, Modiolus cimbricus sp. nov., which belongs to the genus Modiolus Lamarck, 1799. The genus Gibbomodiola Sacco, 1898, to which Modiolus adriaticus has been moved, is here synonymized with Modiolus Lamarck, 1799.
U2 - 10.5852/ejt.2019.556
DO - 10.5852/ejt.2019.556
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2118-9773
VL - 556
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - European Journal of Taxonomy
JF - European Journal of Taxonomy
ER -