MolluscaBase - Brachyodontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

AfReMaS name details

Brachyodontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

AphiaID

216619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216619)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelled generic name)

Accepted Name

Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Brachyodontes Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Original name

Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brachyodontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216619 on 2025-04-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Brachyodontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216619 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 09:48:27Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

1997-11-19 09:36:22Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2006-03-21 14:26:07Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-07 23:42:53Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-03-08 21:04:46Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2014-03-04 16:00:58Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]

basis of record Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. <em>Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius.</em> [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)