MolluscaBase taxon details
Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857)
505982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505982)
accepted
Species
Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mytilus stearnsii Pilsbry & Raymond, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine
(of Mytilus adamsianus 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): 360 [details]
page(s): 360 [details]
Type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505982 on 2026-01-13
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original description
(of Mytilus adamsianus 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): 360 [details]
original description (of Mytilus stearnsii Pilsbry & Raymond, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. & Raymond, W. J. (1898). Note on <i>Septifer bifurcatus</i> Conrad. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(6): 69-71 [3 Oct.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1746627
page(s): 70 [details]
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]
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]
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]
page(s): 360 [details]
original description (of Mytilus stearnsii Pilsbry & Raymond, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. & Raymond, W. J. (1898). Note on <i>Septifer bifurcatus</i> Conrad. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(6): 69-71 [3 Oct.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1746627
page(s): 70 [details]
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]
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]
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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) United States, California, Corona del Mar, N...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) United States, California, Los Angeles Co., ...
To NHMUK collection (Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2383638) (from synonym Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To Conchology (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachidontes adamsianus)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857)
To Malacopics (Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) United States, California, Corona del Mar, N...
To Malacopics (Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) United States, California, Los Angeles Co., ...
To NHMUK collection (Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2383638) (from synonym Mytilus adamsianus Dunker, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS