Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
– triploblasts |
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| Infrakingdom | Protostomia
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| Superphylum | Spiralia
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| Phylum | Mollusca
– mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks |
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| Class | Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
– bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra |
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| Subclass | Autobranchia
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| Infraclass | Pteriomorphia
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| Order | Mytilida
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| Superfamily | Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815
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| Family | Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
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| Genus | Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 |
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| Species | Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker, 1857)
– Adams mussel | |
| Species | Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
– Santo Domingo mussel | |
| Species | Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
– scorched mussel | |
| Species | Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
– yellow mussel | |
| Species | Brachidontes multiformes (Carpenter, 1855)
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