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Tulip Mussel Modiolus americanus

Classification

Mytilidae [family]
Modiolus [genus] (1)
americanus [species]

Classification

Mytilidae [family]
Modiolus [genus] (1)
americanus [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
  • Curaçao
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

  • Publications

    • Hewitt, S.J. & Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Marine molluscs from the island of St. Eustatius, Eastern Caribbean: results of the Statia Marine Biodiversity Expedition 2015. Vita Malacologica 16: 44-79.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Kristensen, I. 1968. Gegevens over de Mollusken van Curaçao uitgezonderd de Mariene Gastropoden. Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Supplement Suppl. 1968: 45 pp..
    • Kobluk, D.R. & Lysenko, M.A. 1986. Reef-dwelling Molluscs in open framework cavities, Bonaire N.A., and their potential for preservation in a fossil reef. Bulletin of Marine Science 39(3): 657-672.
    • Lamy, D. & Pointier, J.-P. 2017. Marine and freshwater Molluscs of the French Caribbean. Vol. 1. 388pp. PLB Editions.
    • Leeuwen, S. van & Hewitt, S.J. 2016. Molluscs of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 83-112. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.