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Brachydontes Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 535868

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (error fore Brachidontes Swainson, 1840)
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
Rank Genus
Parent Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
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Species Brachydontes clava Mörch, 1853 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Brachydontes curvatus Hedley, 1906 accepted as Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939)
Species Brachydontes emarginatus accepted as Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 accepted as Geukensia granosissima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
Species Brachydontes ramulosus Viader, 1951 accepted as Septifer ramulosus (Viader, 1951)
Species Brachydontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911)
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535868
Taxonomic
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2010-10-26 10:17:21Z  created  Tran, Bastien
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Brachydontes Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535868 on 2013-05-23
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