WoRMS taxon details
Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819)
505993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505993)
accepted
Species
Modiola philippiana Menke, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mytilus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505993 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Mytilus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 462 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
original description (of Mytilus menkeanus R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Mytilus polyodontus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 462 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
Other
additional source
Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ludbrook, N. H. (1978). Quarternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. <em>Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin.</em> 125: 1-286, 24 pls.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ludbrook, N. H. (1978). Quarternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. <em>Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin.</em> 125: 1-286, 24 pls.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors






To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes erosus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, Western Australia, Albany, among sea...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle, intert...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus GIANT)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes erosus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes erosus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus erosus Lamarck, 1819)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, Western Australia, Albany, among sea...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle, intert...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection