Brachidontes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Brachidontes
Swainson, 1840

Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1]

Species

The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes:[2][3]

  • Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) — Adams mussel
  • Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
  • Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Santo Domingo mussel
  • Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
  • Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961)
  • Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758) — scorched mussel
  • Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
  • Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
  • Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
  • Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) — yellow mussel
  • Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861) — mutable mussel
  • Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer P., 1870)
  • Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
  • Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
  • Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857)
  • Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939)
  • Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
  • Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857)
  • Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
  • Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
  • Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857)
  • Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
  • Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848) — variable mussel; synonym: Brachidontes semistriatus
  • Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
  • Brachidontes willetsi (Marwick, 1928)

References

  1. ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 17.
  2. ↑ "Brachidontes Swainson, 1840". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Scientific Names where Genus Equals Brachidontes". Sea Life Base. Retrieved 30 December 2016.


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