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Hormomya Mörch, 1853 
AphiaID: 516236

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
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Accepted name  Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Sources  basis of record: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

source of synonymy: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

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Species Hormomya sinensis Wang, 1983 accepted as Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516236
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Date   action   by
2010-09-10 12:28:10Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-17 08:35:07Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2012-06-21 23:44:14Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2013). Hormomya Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516236 on 2013-05-20
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