Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brachidontes puntarenensis
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
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Costa Rica to Ecuador and Galágos Islands.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachidontes puntarenensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8042. Accessed 31 October 2026.