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WoRMS taxon details

Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

225213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225213)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Original name

Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Mytilus charpentieri Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mytilus morrisi Dunker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not Sharpe, 1850)

Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3362 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225213 on 2025-04-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:52:06Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2006-04-12 13:32:24Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mytilus charpentieri Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134
page(s): 48; pl. 9 fig. 12-15, 19-21 [details]

original description (of Mytilus morrisi Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mollusca nova collectionis Cumingianae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 24: 354-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860914
page(s): 360 [details]

original description (of Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3362 [details]

original description (of Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 122 [details]

basis of record Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 180-181 [details]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]