Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.
Species
The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes:
- Brachidontes adamsianus <small>(Dunker, 1857)</small> — Adams mussel
- Brachidontes crebristriatus <small>(Conrad, 1837)</small>
- Brachidontes darwinianus <small>(d'Orbigny, 1842)</small>
- Brachidontes domingensis <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small> — Santo Domingo mussel
- Brachidontes dunkeri M<small>. Huber, 2015</small>
- Brachidontes erosus <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Brachidontes esmeraldensis <small>(Olsson, 1961)</small>
- Brachidontes evansi <small>(E. A. Smith, 1903)</small>
- Brachidontes exustus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> — scorched mussel
- Brachidontes granoliratus <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)</small>
- Brachidontes granulatus <small>(Hanley, 1843)</small>
- Brachidontes houstonius <small>Bartsch & Rehder, 1939</small>
- Brachidontes modiolus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> — yellow mussel
- Brachidontes mutabilis <small>(Gould, 1861)</small> — mutable mussel
- Brachidontes niger <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Brachidontes pharaonis <small>(Fischer P., 1870)</small>
- Brachidontes playasensis <small>(Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)</small>
- Brachidontes puniceus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Brachidontes puntarenensis <small>(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)</small>
- Brachidontes rodriguezii <small>(d'Orbigny, 1842)</small>
- Brachidontes rostratus <small>(Dunker, 1857)</small>
- Brachidontes sculptus <small>(Iredale, 1939)</small>
- Brachidontes semilaevis (<small>Menke, 1848)</small>
- Brachidontes setiger <small>(Dunker, 1857)</small>
- Brachidontes striatulus <small>(Hanley, 1843)</small>
- Brachidontes subramosus <small>(Hanley, 1843)</small>
- Brachidontes subsulcatus <small>(Dunker, 1857)</small>
- Brachidontes undulatus <small>(Dunker, 1857)</small>
- Brachidontes ustulatus <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small>
- Brachidontes variabilis <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small> — variable mussel; synonym: Brachidontes semistriatus
- Brachidontes virgiliae <small>(Barnard, 1964)</small>
- Brachidontes willetsi <small>(Marwick, 1928)</small>
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