Brachidontes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genus of bivalves Brachidontes Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Mytilida Family: Mytilidae Genus: BrachidontesSwainson, 1840 Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1] The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes:[2][3] Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) — Adams mussel Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837) Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Santo Domingo mussel Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015 Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961) Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903) Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758) — scorched mussel Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) — yellow mussel Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861) — mutable mussel Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791) Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer P., 1870) Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842) Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939) Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819) Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848) — variable mussel; synonym: Brachidontes semistriatus Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964) Brachidontes willetsi (Marwick, 1928) References ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 17. ↑ "Brachidontes Swainson, 1840". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 December 2016. ↑ "Scientific Names where Genus Equals Brachidontes". Sea Life Base. Retrieved 30 December 2016. Taxon identifiersBrachidontes Wikidata: Q3014069 AFD: Brachidontes BOLD: 26149 CoL: 7NR2D EPPO: 1BRDTG GBIF: 2285735 iNaturalist: 52174 IRMNG: 1060069 ITIS: 79517 NBN: NHMSYS0021055074 NCBI: 40253 Open Tree of Life: 887479 Paleobiology Database: 16347 Plazi: 13E6C10C-E27E-8E54-F6BA-7F7FFB5B85B9 WoRMS: 138215 ZooBank: 1DBE91CF-53ED-4736-8115-7F036331EA98 Authority control databases: National Israel This Mytilidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles