Brachidontes

Brachidontes is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.

==Species== The following are the species currently included in Brachidontes: Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857) — Adams mussel Brachidontes crebristriatus (Conrad, 1837) Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) — Santo Domingo mussel Brachidontes dunkeri M. Huber, 2015 Brachidontes erosus (Lamarck, 1819) Brachidontes esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961) Brachidontes evansi (E. A. Smith, 1903) Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758) — scorched mussel Brachidontes granoliratus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) Brachidontes granulatus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes houstonius Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767) — yellow mussel Brachidontes mutabilis (Gould, 1861) — mutable mussel Brachidontes niger (Gmelin, 1791) Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer P., 1870) Brachidontes playasensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) Brachidontes puniceus (Gmelin, 1791) Brachidontes puntarenensis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) Brachidontes rodriguezii (d'Orbigny, 1842) Brachidontes rostratus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes sculptus (Iredale, 1939) Brachidontes semilaevis (Menke, 1848) Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes striatulus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes subramosus (Hanley, 1843) Brachidontes subsulcatus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes undulatus (Dunker, 1857) Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819) Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848) — variable mussel; synonym: Brachidontes semistriatus Brachidontes virgiliae (Barnard, 1964) Brachidontes willetsi (Marwick, 1928)