Brachidontes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 |
Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.[1]
Species[]
The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes:[2][3]
- (Dunker, 1857) — Adams mussel
- Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837)
- (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- (Lamarck, 1819) — Santo Domingo mussel
- M. Huber, 2015
- (Lamarck, 1819)
- (Olsson, 1961)
- (E. A. Smith, 1903)
- Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758) — scorched mussel
- (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- (Hanley, 1843)
- Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
- Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) — yellow mussel
- (Gould, 1861) — mutable mussel
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer P., 1870)
- (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
- (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- (Dunker, 1857)
- (Iredale, 1939)
- (Menke, 1848)
- (Dunker, 1857)
- (Hanley, 1843)
- (Hanley, 1843)
- (Dunker, 1857)
- (Dunker, 1857)
- (Lamarck, 1819)
- (Krauss, 1848) — variable mussel; synonym:
- (Barnard, 1964)
- (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.
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