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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Mytilinae

Brachidontes darwinianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 35°S to 42°S; 64°W to 57°W
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Details


Mytilus darwinianus d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 643-644 [1846], pl. 84, figs. 30-33 [1842]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Rio de Janeiro; Maldonado, Uruguay; côtes rocheuses de la Patagonie, principalement à l'Ensenada de Ros [Rio Negro]; fossil à la baie Blanche (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Range: 35°S to 42°S; 64°W to 57°W
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Uruguay, Argentina: Rio Negro
References: Rios (1985) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]

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