Brachidontes

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

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

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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