WoRMS taxon details

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

138215  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138215)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mytilidae (Family)
  10. Brachidontinae (Subfamily)
  11. Brachidontes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachiodontes · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brachydontes [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (misspelling by J. E. Gray, 1847)
Brachyodon Jukes-Browne, 1905 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Brachyodontes Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Hormomya Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Modiola (Brachydontes) [sic] · unaccepted > superseded rank (misspelling)
Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
Mytilus (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scolimytilus Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scolimytilus (Aeidimytilus) Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857)
  2. Species Brachidontes aequatorialis (Olsson, 1961)
  3. Species Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
  4. Species Brachidontes darwinianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
  5. Species Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
  6. Species Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
  7. Species Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
  8. Species Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961)
  9. Species Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Species Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
  11. Species Brachidontes hirsutus (Lamarck, 1819)
  12. Species Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
  13. Species Brachidontes maritimus (Pilsbry, 1921)
  14. Species Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  15. Species Brachidontes mutabilis (A. Gould, 1861)
  16. Species Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
  17. Species Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
  18. Species Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
  19. Species Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
  20. Species Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
  21. Species Brachidontes rodriguezii (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
  22. Species Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939)
  23. Species Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
  24. Species Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
  25. Species Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
  26. Species Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
  27. Species Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
  28. Species Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
  29. Species Brachidontes ynous Simone, 2024
  30. Subgenus Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Brachidontes (Hormomya) karachiensis Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Brachidontes arabicus Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, established in synonymy)
  32. Species Brachidontes atratus (Lischke, 1871) accepted as Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Brachidontes australis (E. von Martens, 1879) accepted as Gregariella australis (E. von Martens, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Brachidontes blakeanus (Melvill & Standen, 1914) accepted as Philobrya blakeana (Melvill & Standen, 1914)
  35. Species Brachidontes citrinus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  36. Species Brachidontes demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
  37. Species Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903) accepted as Parabrachidontes leucostictus (E. von Martens, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Brachidontes granolirata [sic] accepted as Dentimodiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, incorrect gender ending)
  39. Species Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Dentimodiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Brachidontes japonicus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
  41. Species Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
  42. Species Brachidontes noronhensis Quintanilha, Fernandes, Guerra, Campos & Weber, 2022 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no types designated, no ZooBank registration)
  43. Species Brachidontes pseudorecurvus Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
  45. Species Brachidontes recurvus (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Austromytilus rostratus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Brachidontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911) (original combination)
  48. Species Brachidontes semistriatus (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
  49. Species Brachidontes senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842) accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842) (superseded combination)
  50. Species Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) sensu Kuroda, 1932 accepted as Dentimodiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misapplication)
  51. Species Brachidontes solisianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mytilaster solisianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
  52. Species Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Dentimodiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Dentimodiolus subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  54. Species Brachidontes tenuistriatus (Dunker, 1853) accepted as Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138215 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-21 14:26:07Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-06-21 23:44:14Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-03-23 21:34:07Z
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Gofas, Serge
2018-11-12 18:33:18Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-11-23 07:56:31Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Brachyodontes Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 1: 121 [details] 

original description (of Scolimytilus (Aeidimytilus) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 120 [details] 

original description (of Scolimytilus Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 [details] 

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] 

original description (of Scolimytilus (Scolimytilus) Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 [details] 

original description (of Brachyodon Jukes-Browne, 1905) Jukes-Browne, A. J. (1905). A review of the genera of the family Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(4): 211-224., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176342
page(s): 222 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 53 [details] 

taxonomy source Tan, S. H. M.; Wells, F. E.; Lukehurst, S. S.; Strong, E. E.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R.; Tan, K. S. (2024). Unravelling the <i>Brachidontes variabilis</i> species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): Published online 5 November., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae037 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

basis of record Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 103 [details] 

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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