MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

ERMS taxon details

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

138215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138215)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Brachidontinae F. Nordsieck, 1969

Orig. name

Mytilus (Brachidontes) Swainson, 1840

Direct children (4)
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Species Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Species Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

Species Brachidontes arabicus Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (unavailable name: established in synonymy)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138215 on 2021-04-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021). European Register of Marine Species. Brachidontes Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138215 on 2021-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-21 14:26:07Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-06-21 23:44:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-23 21:34:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2018-11-12 18:33:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-11-23 07:56:31Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 384 [details]

basis of record Valentich-Scott P., Coan E.V. & Zelaya D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. vii + 593 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
page(s): 103 [details]

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

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