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Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791)

225409  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225409)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Mytilida (Order)
  8. Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Mytilidae (Family)
  10. Brachidontinae (Subfamily)
  11. Brachidontes (Genus)
  12. Brachidontes niger (Species)
accepted
Species
Mytilus atropurpureus Dunker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Mytilus niger Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3362 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225409 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
2006-03-21 14:40:12Z
created
Nsiangango, Silvi Edith
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
changed
Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mytilus atropurpureus Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 359 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus niger Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3362 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 182-183 [details] 

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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