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Brachidontes
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Mytilinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Brachidontes SWAINSON, 1840, p. 384
Type Species:
Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819 (non 1805) (= Mytilus citrinus Röding, 1798, = Arca modiolus LINNÉ, 1767)
Images
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Fig. C16,3. *B. (B.) modiolus (Linné), Rec., USA(Fla.), RV ext., X1.4 (728)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Mytiliform, beaks terminal or nearly so, radially sculptured with bifurcating ribs, ligament relatively short, hinge with dysodont teeth before and after ligament
References
Swainson, William, 1840, A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish: The Cabinet Cyclopedia, Nat. History, 420 p., 130 text fig., Longman (London).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Mytilinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Brachidontes SWAINSON, 1840, p. 384
Type Species:
Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819 (non 1805) (= Mytilus citrinus Röding, 1798, = Arca modiolus LINNÉ, 1767)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C16,3. *B. (B.) modiolus (Linné), Rec., USA(Fla.), RV ext., X1.4 (728)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Mytiliform, beaks terminal or nearly so, radially sculptured with bifurcating ribs, ligament relatively short, hinge with dysodont teeth before and after ligament
References
Swainson, William, 1840, A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish: The Cabinet Cyclopedia, Nat. History, 420 p., 130 text fig., Longman (London).