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  Family Mytilidae

Genus Brachidontes

    Species B. arcuatulus
    Species B. adamsianus
    Species B. blakeanus
    Species B. crebristriatus
    Species B. darwinianus
    Species B. domingensis
    Species B. erosus
    Species B. esmeraldensis
    Species B. evansi
    Species B. exustus
    Species B. granoliratus
    Species B. granulatus
    Species B. modiolus
    Species B. mutabilis
    Species B. niger
    Species B. pharaonis
    Species B. playasensis
    Species B. puniceus
    Species B. puntarenensis
    Species B. rodriguezii
    Species B. rostratus
    Species B. sculptus
    Species B. semilaevis
    Species B. setiger
    Species B. striatulus
    Species B. subramosus
    Species B. subsulcatus
    Species B. tenuistriatus
    Species B. undulatus
    Species B. ustulatus
    Species B. variabilis
    Species B. virgiliae

Taxon Information

The Genus Brachidontes has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Brachidontes, "typically marine/intertidal genus with >30 species" (Graf, 2013).

Bibliography

• Graf, D.L. 2013. Patterns of freshwater bivalve global diversity and the state of phylogenetic studies on the Unionoida, Sphaeriidae, and Cyrenidae. American Malacological Bulletin 31: 135-153.