Brachidontes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
- 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
- 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.
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