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Brachydontes salisburyensis

Taxonomy
Mytilus salisburyensis was named by Richards (1945). Its type specimen is ANSP 16711, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Brachydontes salisburyensis by Richards (1947).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Modiolus nysti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Mytilus salisburyensis Richards p. 1202
1947Brachydontes salisburyensis Richards p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
genusBrachydontesSwainson 1840
RankNameAuthor
speciessalisburyensis(Richards 1945)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Brachydontes salisburyensis Richards 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available