The taxon Modiola cuprea Jeffreys 1859 is shown not to be the fry of Crenella faba(Müller 1776)and not to belong to the Mytiloidea. Rather it belongs to the Philobryidae and is proposed as a probable junior synonym of Lissarca miliaris(Philippi 1845). Lissarca miliaris and all Lissarca species are confined to the Antarctic and southern oceans in the magellanic and austral provinces. The supposed attribution of the type series of M. cuprea as coming from the crop of a bird, shot in Yorkshire, England must be discounted. Ranges, migration routes and flight times of both birds implicated, the Sanderling(Calidris alba)and the Brent Goose(Branta bernicla)do not support such an occurrence. The shell collection of William Bean is extensive and includes much material from around the world and it is proposed that Bean inadvertently gave a local origin to these shells before sending them to Jeffreys. Modiola cuprea can now be removed from the European checklist.
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