Brachidontes

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Brachidontes
Brachidontes domingensis

Brachidontes domingensis

Systematics
Subclass : Pteriomorphia
Order : Mytilida
Superfamily : Mytiloidea
Family : Blue mussels (Mytilidae)
Subfamily : Brachidontinae
Genre : Brachidontes
Scientific name
Brachidontes
Swainson , 1840
Inside of the right flap

Brachidontes is agenus of mussels from the family of mussels (Mytilidae). The genus has beenknownsince the Jura .

features

The housings are elongated with an angled or strongly curved dorsal edge and straight ventral edge: the greatest height is behind the center of the housing. The front end is tightly rounded, the rear end broadly rounded. The vertebrae are near the front end. The ligament is comparatively short. The lock has a few dysodontic teeth in front of and behind the ligament. Simple, tooth-like notches can be found behind the ligament up to the angle of the dorsal margin. The surface is covered with more or less strong, radial ribs that can split at the edge of the housing.

Geographical distribution and habitat

The types of the genus are distributed worldwide. They come from tropical warm waters to cold temperate waters.

Taxonomy

The taxon Brachidontes was established in 1840 by William Swainson . Type species through monotype is Modiola sulcata Lamarck, 1819, a synonym of Arca modiolus Linné, 1767. The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :

The name Brachidontes is derived from the Greek brachys = short, odontes = teeth. It is the type genus of the subfamily Brachidontinae Nordsieck, 1969.

supporting documents

literature

  • S. Peter Dance, Rudo von Cosel (arrangement of the German edition): The great book of sea shells. 304 p., Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1977 ISBN 3-8001-7000-0 (p. 226/7)
  • Rudolf Kilias: Lexicon marine mussels and snails. 2nd edition, 340 p., Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1997 ISBN 3-8001-7332-8 (p. 50)
  • Raymond Cecil Moore (Ed.): Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Mollusca, 6, Bivalvia 1. XXXVIII, 489 pp., New York, 1969 (pp. N273).
  • Berenice Trovant, Daniel E. Ruzzante, Néstor G.Basso, JM (Lobo) Orensanz: Distinctness, phylogenetic relations and biogeography of intertidal mussels (Brachidontes, Mytilidae) from the south-western Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93 (7): 1843-1855, 2013 doi : 10.1017 / S0025315413000477
  • Berenice Trovant, JM (Lobo) Orensanz, Daniel E. Ruzzante, Wolfgang Stotz, Néstor G. Basso: Scorched mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Brachidontinae) from the temperate coasts of South America: Phylogenetic relationships, trans-Pacific connections and the footprints of Quaternary glaciations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82 (Part A): 60-74, 2015 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2014.10.002

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Swainson: A treatise on malacology, or shells and shell-fish. 1-419, London, Longman, 1840 Online at www.biodiversitylibrary.org (p. 384)
  2. ↑ World Register of Marine Species: Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
  3. ↑ a b c d Didier Merle (coord.): Le contenu paléontologique du Lutétien du bassin de Paris. Stratotype Lutétien. 105 p., Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris & Biotope, Mèze & BRGM, Orléans, 2008 PDF
  4. ^ Richard L. Squires, Louella Saul: New Late Cretaceous Mytilid and Tellinoidean Bivalves from California. The Veliger, 48 (3): 121-135, 2006 PDF

Web links

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