WoRMS taxon details
Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
138215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138215)
accepted
Genus
Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by monotypy)
Austromytilus Laseron, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachiodontes · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Brachydontes [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling by Gray, 1847)
Brachyodontes Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted (error for Brachidontes Swainson, 1840)
Brachyodontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted
Dentimodiolus Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hormomya Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Modiola (Brachydontes) Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Modiolus (Brachydontes) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
Scolimytilus Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scolimytilus (Aeidimytilus) Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scolimytilus (Scolimytilus) Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted
Species Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes aequatorialis (Olsson, 1961)
Species Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
Species Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961)
Species Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Species Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861)
Species Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Species Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
Species Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
Species Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939)
Species Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
Species Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
Subgenus Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Brachidontes atratus (Lischke, 1871) accepted as Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes australis (E. von Martens, 1879) accepted as Gregariella australis (E. von Martens, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes blakeanus (Melvill & Standen, 1914) accepted as Philobrya blakeana (Melvill & Standen, 1914)
Species Brachidontes citrinus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903) accepted as Parabrachidontes leucostictus (E. von Martens, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Brachidontes granolirata [sic] accepted as Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes japonicus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes maritimus (Pilsbry, 1921) accepted as Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
Species Brachidontes pseudorecurvus Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes recurvus (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911) (original combination)
Species Brachidontes semistriatus (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Brachidontes senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842) accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842)
Species Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) sensu Kuroda, 1932 accepted as Byssogerdius subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (misapplication)
Species Brachidontes solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) accepted as Mytilaster solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Byssogerdius subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes tenuistriatus (Dunker, 1853) accepted as Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
Species Brachidontes aequatorialis (Olsson, 1961)
Species Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015
Species Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961)
Species Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Species Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861)
Species Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Species Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
Species Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
Species Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939)
Species Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
Species Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
Subgenus Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
» Species Brachidontes (Hormomya) karachiensis Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Brachidontes arabicus Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, established in synonymy)Species Brachidontes atratus (Lischke, 1871) accepted as Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes australis (E. von Martens, 1879) accepted as Gregariella australis (E. von Martens, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes blakeanus (Melvill & Standen, 1914) accepted as Philobrya blakeana (Melvill & Standen, 1914)
Species Brachidontes citrinus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes demissus (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903) accepted as Parabrachidontes leucostictus (E. von Martens, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Brachidontes granolirata [sic] accepted as Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes japonicus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
Species Brachidontes maritimus (Pilsbry, 1921) accepted as Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
Species Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
Species Brachidontes pseudorecurvus Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Brachidontes purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes recurvus (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Brachidontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911) (original combination)
Species Brachidontes semistriatus (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Brachidontes senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842) accepted as Arcuatula senhousia (W. H. Benson, 1842)
Species Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) sensu Kuroda, 1932 accepted as Byssogerdius subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) (misapplication)
Species Brachidontes solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) accepted as Mytilaster solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Byssogerdius striatulus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Byssogerdius subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857)
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]
page(s): 384 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138215 on 2023-10-02
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original description
(of Austromytilus Laseron, 1956) Laseron, C. F. (1956). New South Wales Mussels-a taxonomic review of the family Mytilidae from the Peronian Zoogeographical Province. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (3): 263-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38913186 [details]
original description (of 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 [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]
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. [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>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
original description (of 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 [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]
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. [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>. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Hormomya Mörch, 1853)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Hormomya Mörch, 1853)
To ITIS
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