Brachidontes

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Brachidontes Higher classification Mussels Order Mytiloida		Family Mytilidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Similar Bivalvia, Molluscs, Mussels, Brachidontes pharaonis, Modiolus

Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.

Species

The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes:

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)

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