MolluscaBase taxon details
Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791)
225213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225213)
accepted
Species
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
marine
(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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3362 [details]
page(s): 3362 [details]
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original description
(of Mytilus charpentieri Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 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). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 180-181 [details]
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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 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). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 180-181 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (118 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes puniceus)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 118 proteins)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 118 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Cape Verde, Sal, Costa da Fragata, at low tide, live in nests on rocks, collected 2012-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Ghana, Greater Accra, Accra Bay, east of Accra, beached, collected November 2006, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Playa del Castilo, beached, collected December 2011, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Mytilus senegalensis Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes puniceus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes puniceus)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 118 proteins)
To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 118 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus puniceus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Cape Verde, Sal, Costa da Fragata, at low tide, live in nests on rocks, collected 2012-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Ghana, Greater Accra, Accra Bay, east of Accra, beached, collected November 2006, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Playa del Castilo, beached, collected December 2011, ex coll. J. Trausel)
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