Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Mytilinae

Brachidontes solisianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)

Range: 19°N to 35°S; 55°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm

Synonymy

Mytilus solisianus d'Orbigny, 1842
Mytilus janeirensis Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875

Details

Mytilus solisianus d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 646 [1846], pl. 85, figs. 5-8 [1842]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [baie de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil; environs de Maldonado [Uruguay], à l'embouchure de la Plata (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Range: 19°N to 35°S; 55°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Uruguay
References: d'Orbigny (1846) SWM

Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875, p. 251-252
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Desterro, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina
References: Dunker (1875) M

Mytilus janeirensis Dunker & Zelebor, 1866,
[Synonym]

Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]
Dunker, W. 1875. Ueber Conchylien von Desterro, Provinz Sta. Catharina, Brasilien Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 2 240-254.

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