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Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848)

216616  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216616)

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(of ) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216616 on 2026-04-25
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Brachidontes variabilis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216616 on 2026-04-25
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2000-09-12 09:16:46Z
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Garcia, Maria
2011-10-07 23:42:53Z
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2012-03-08 21:04:46Z
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2012-07-05 23:43:01Z
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2014-03-04 16:00:58Z
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original description (of ) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 25-26, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details] 

taxonomy source Sirna Terranova M., Lo Brutto S., Arculeo M. & Mitton J.B. 2007. A mitochondrial phylogeography of <i>Brachidontes variabilis</i> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) reveals three cryptic species. <i>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research</i>, 45(4): 289–298. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00421.x [details] 

basis of record Taylor, J. D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. <em>Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B.</em> 260:173-213. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Tan, S. H. M.; Wells, F. E.; Lukehurst, S. S.; Strong, E. E.; Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T.; Ambarwati, R.; Tan, K. S. (2024). Unravelling the <i>Brachidontes variabilis</i> species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90(4): Published online 5 November., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae037 [details] 
 
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