WoRMS name details
Brachydontes [sic]
535868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535868)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (misspelling by J. E. Gray, 1847)
Genus
- Subgenus Brachydontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Brachydontes (Hormomya) ramulosus Viader, 1951 accepted as Septifer ramulosus (Viader, 1951) (basionym)
- Species Brachydontes (Hormomya) rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911) (basionym)
- Species Brachydontes arabicus Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, established in synonymy)
- Species Brachydontes clava Mörch, 1853 accepted as Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Brachydontes emarginatus (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Dentimodiolus striatulus (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 accepted as Geukensia granosissima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Species Brachydontes japonicus (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857)
- Species Brachydontes ramulosus Viader, 1951 accepted as Septifer ramulosus (Viader, 1951) (original combination)
- Species Brachydontes recurvus (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brachydontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Brachidontes rufolineatus E. A. Smith, 1911 accepted as Septifer rufolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1911) (incorrect spelling of genus name)
marine
(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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brachydontes [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535868 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
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]
basis of record Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US.
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
basis of record Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US.
page(s): 23 [details]
