en Brachidontes

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; synonym: Brachidontes semistriatus
Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964)
Brachidontes willetsi (Marwick, 1928)

^ 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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