MolluscaBase taxon details
Austromytilus rostratus (Dunker, 1857)
1774664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774664)
accepted
Species
Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
Type locality contained in Southeast Australian Shelf
type locality contained in Southeast Australian Shelf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Austromytilus rostratus (Dunker, 1857). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774664 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Mytilus rostratus Dunker, 1857) Dunker, W. (1857). Mytilacea nova collectione Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 358-366. [published 8 May 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860918
page(s): 358 [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)
page(s): 117, fig. fourth row second column [details]
additional source Cotton, B. C. (1961). <i>South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda</i>. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series. South Australian Branch of British Science Guild. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer, Adelaide. p. 1-363, 351 text figs.
page(s): 126, fig. 113 [details]
additional source Colgan, D. J. (2019). Population genetic instability and the phylogeography of the mussel <i>Austromytilus rostratus</i> (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 887–896., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0872-y [details]
page(s): 358 [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)
page(s): 117, fig. fourth row second column [details]
additional source Cotton, B. C. (1961). <i>South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda</i>. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series. South Australian Branch of British Science Guild. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer, Adelaide. p. 1-363, 351 text figs.
page(s): 126, fig. 113 [details]
additional source Colgan, D. J. (2019). Population genetic instability and the phylogeography of the mussel <i>Austromytilus rostratus</i> (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 887–896., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0872-y [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Brachidontes rostratus) (from synonym Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857))
To Malacopics (Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) Australia, South Australia, Spencer Gulf, among sand, attached to rubble, collected September 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt) (from synonym Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857))
To Malacopics (Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) Australia, South Australia, Spencer Gulf, among sand, attached to rubble, collected September 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt) (from synonym Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857))
