Genus Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
Ribbed Mussel
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Brachiodontes Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [384].
Type species:
Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819 by monotypy. - Hormomya Mörch, 1853.
Type species:
Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819 by subsequent designation, see Ihering, H. von 1900. On the South American species of Mytilidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 4: 84-98 [87]. - Dentimodiolus Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [414].
Type species:
Dentimodiolus sculptus Iredale, 1939 by original designation. - Austromytilus Laseron, C. 1956. New South Wales Mussels - a taxonomic review of the family Mytilidae from the Peronian Zoogeographical Province. The Australian Zoologist 12(3): 263-283, figs 1-53 [265].
Type species:
Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857 by original designation. - Perumytilus Olsson, A.A. 1961. Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific. Panamic - Pacific Pelecypoda: Paleont. Res. Inst. New York : Ithaca 574 pp., 86 pls. [116].
Type species:
Modiola purpurata Lamarck, 1819 by original designation. - Scolimytilus Olsson, A.A. 1961. Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific. Panamic - Pacific Pelecypoda: Paleont. Res. Inst. New York : Ithaca 574 pp., 86 pls. [118].
Type species:
Modiolus playasensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 by original designation. - Aeidimytilus Olsson, A.A. 1961. Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific. Panamic - Pacific Pelecypoda: Paleont. Res. Inst. New York : Ithaca 574 pp., 86 pls. [120].
Type species:
Modiola adamsianus Dunker, 1856 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Carribean
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [125]
Fleming, C.A. 1959. Notes on New Zealand Recent and Tertiary mussels (Mytilidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 165-178, pls 13-14, 3 figs [167]
Ihering, H. von 1900. On the South American species of Mytilidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 4: 84-98 [87] (from Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [13]
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [508] (biology and ecology)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [78]
Ludbrook, N.H. 1984. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia. South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Handbook 9: 1-327 [150]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [288] (as Hormomya Mörch, 1853, and p. 289)
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N273] (from Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853)
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [48]
Common Name References
Turner Dixon, R. 1965. Mussel. pp. 1096-1098 in Encyclopedia Britannica. U.S.A. : William Benton. [1096] (Ribbed Mussel)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 27-May-2013 | 07-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |