MolluscaBase - Brachiodontes

AphiaID

1214804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1214804)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted Name

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Brachidontinae F. Nordsieck, 1969

Original name

Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Brachiodontes. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1214804 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-04-04 06:03:46Z

created

2024-07-17 10:26:46Z

changed

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]