WoRMS taxon details

Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819)

505995  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505995)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Mytilus ustulatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): vol. 6(1) p. 122 [details]   
Note The type locality mentioned by Lamarck is...  
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Type locality The type locality mentioned by Lamarck is Brazil, but Lamy (1920: 416) argues that the collectors Péron & Lesueur never visited Brazil, but instead Australia, and two other lots from the same collectors from Australia are present in the Paris Museum. This indicates that Australia is the correct type locality for this species. [details]
Nomenclature The name Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819) has been put forward by Huber (2010: 550) as a widely distributed species,...  
Nomenclature The name Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819) has been put forward by Huber (2010: 550) as a widely distributed species, with several synonyms. However, a recent molecular study (Sirna Terranova, Lo Brutto, Arculeo & Mitton, 2007) reveals that the Red Sea and Mediterranean populations, the East African populations and a population from Hong Kong represent three cryptic species of Brachidontes. This implies separating the Red Sea B. pharaonis from the East African B. variabilis. There is currently an established usage of the name Brachidontes ustulatus for the Western Australian species, and in view of the findings of Sirna Terranova et al., all three names (ustulatus, variabilis and pharaonis) are listed as "accepted". The correct name for the Hong Kong population is B. mutabilis (Gould, 1861) following Huber, 2010. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505995 on 2024-04-23
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2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
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2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
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2012-03-08 21:04:46Z
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2013-11-01 15:53:48Z
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original description  (of Mytilus ustulatus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): vol. 6(1) p. 122 [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Yip, S. Y. (1978). The ecology of coastal reclamation in Hong Kong. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]   

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 550. [details]   

additional source Wells F.E. & Bryce C.W. 1984. A guide to the common molluscs of south-western Australian estuaries. Western Australian Museum, 112 p. [details]   

additional source Lamy, E. (1920). Notes sur les espèces de <i>Mytilus</i> décrites par Lamarck. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 26 (4): 330-335, 26 (5): 415-422, 26 (6): 520-526., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5034505
page(s): 415-416. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The name Brachidontes ustulatus (Lamarck, 1819) has been put forward by Huber (2010: 550) as a widely distributed species, with several synonyms. However, a recent molecular study (Sirna Terranova, Lo Brutto, Arculeo & Mitton, 2007) reveals that the Red Sea and Mediterranean populations, the East African populations and a population from Hong Kong represent three cryptic species of Brachidontes. This implies separating the Red Sea B. pharaonis from the East African B. variabilis. There is currently an established usage of the name Brachidontes ustulatus for the Western Australian species, and in view of the findings of Sirna Terranova et al., all three names (ustulatus, variabilis and pharaonis) are listed as "accepted". The correct name for the Hong Kong population is B. mutabilis (Gould, 1861) following Huber, 2010. [details]

Type locality The type locality mentioned by Lamarck is Brazil, but Lamy (1920: 416) argues that the collectors Péron & Lesueur never visited Brazil, but instead Australia, and two other lots from the same collectors from Australia are present in the Paris Museum. This indicates that Australia is the correct type locality for this species. [details]