WoRMS taxon details
Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848)
505997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505997)
accepted
Species
Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) · unaccepted
Modiola semilaevis Menke, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mytilus multiformis P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted
Scolimytilus aequatorialis Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505997 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]





To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Scolimytilus aequatorialis. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 120, pl. 12, figs. 9-9b - catalog no. 218927) (from synonym Scolimytilus aequatorialis Olsson, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes semilaevis)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Modiola semilaevis Menke, 1848)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Mexico, Sinaloa, Mazatlán, collected 9th Octo...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Mexico, Sinaloa, Mazatlán, ex coll. F.J.A. Sl...
To NHMUK collection (Mytilus multiformis Carpenter, 1857; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2906537) (from synonym Mytilus multiformis P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Brachidontes multiformis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes semilaevis)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Modiola semilaevis Menke, 1848)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Mexico, Sinaloa, Mazatlán, collected 9th Octo...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Mexico, Sinaloa, Mazatlán, ex coll. F.J.A. Sl...
To NHMUK collection (Mytilus multiformis Carpenter, 1857; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2906537) (from synonym Mytilus multiformis P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection