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Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 216616

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Brachidontes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (non Fischer, 1807)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Rank Species
Parent Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
Source  basis of record: Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English variable mussel  [details]
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
Note  SpellingBrachiodontes in <96>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216616
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-12 09:16:46Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2011-10-07 23:42:53Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-03-08 21:04:46Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2012-07-05 23:43:01Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216616 on 2013-05-19
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