MolluscaBase - Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)

Traits taxon details

Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870)

AphiaID

140437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140437)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Original name

Mytilus pharaonis P. Fischer, 1870

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Fischer, P. (1870). Sur la faune conchyliologique marine des baies de Suez et de l'Akabah. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18: 161-179., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160580
page(s): 169 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140437 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140437 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-12-30 16:08:02Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2012-03-08 21:04:46Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2012-07-05 23:43:01Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Fischer, P. (1870). Sur la faune conchyliologique marine des baies de Suez et de l'Akabah. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18: 161-179., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160580
page(s): 169 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Fong, C. W. (1998). Some aspects of the ecology of the seagrass Zostera japonica in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Sirna Terranova M., Lo Brutto S., Arculeo M. & Mitton J.B. 2007. A mitochondrial phylogeography of Brachidontes variabilis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) reveals three cryptic species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 45(4): 289–298. [details]

additional source Tan, S. H. M.; Wells, F. E.; Lukehurst, S. S.; Strong, E. E.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R.; Tan, K. S. (2024). Unravelling the Brachidontes variabilis species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): Published online 5 November., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae037 [details]