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Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)

mejillon tallado, Sculptured mussel

Specimens may range in size to 17 mm long.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal, in midlittoral and low littoral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Mytilida

Family
Mytilidae

Genus
Brachidontes

Species
puntarenensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Brachidontes multiformis houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939; ANSP: 153604, USNM: 472858 (Holotype of Brachidontes multiformis houstonius Bartsch & Rehder), 102353, 472580, CAS: 54960, MHNG: 993-162, 993-183. CDRS 996., FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984., MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993.; Syn.: Mytilus puntarenensis Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Costa Rica to Ecuador and Galágos Islands.

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachidontes puntarenensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8042. Accessed 16 July 2025.