Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Brachidontinae

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachydontes*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Mytilus (Brachidontes)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym

Children

Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)
Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

Literature

basis of record	Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
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.
taxonomy source	Tan, S. H. M.; Wells, F. E.; Lukehurst, S. S.; Strong, E. E.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R.; Tan, K. S. (2024). Unravelling the Brachidontes variabilis species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): Published online 5 November.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes Swainson, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138215