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Brachyodon Jukes-Browne, 1905
1719810 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1719810)
unaccepted > unavailable name
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jukes-Browne, A. J. (1905). A review of the genera of the family Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(4): 211-224., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176342
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
Nomenclature Unavailable name. Jukes-Browne stated that she "should like to replace [Brachidontes] by Brachyodon, which would more...
Nomenclature Unavailable name. Jukes-Browne stated that she "should like to replace [Brachidontes] by Brachyodon, which would more correctly convey the meaning of a 'short-toothed shell', but as the plural form has been allowed to stand in Macrodontes and Polydontes (properly Polyodontes) I do not alter it in this case". [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachyodon Jukes-Browne, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1719810 on 2025-09-11
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Jukes-Browne, A. J. (1905). A review of the genera of the family Mytilidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(4): 211-224., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176342
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Unavailable name. Jukes-Browne stated that she "should like to replace [Brachidontes] by Brachyodon, which would more correctly convey the meaning of a 'short-toothed shell', but as the plural form has been allowed to stand in Macrodontes and Polydontes (properly Polyodontes) I do not alter it in this case". [details]
