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Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140459

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Lithophaga (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa
  Lithodomus dactylus G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Lithodomus inflatus Réquien, 1848
Lithodomus lithophagus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lithophaga mytuloides Röding, 1798
Lithophagus communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Mytilus lithophaga Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Huber M. (2010) 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian midhja hurmë  [details]
Bulgarian mаlak kаmenoprobivаch  [details]
Bulgarian Малък каменопробивач  [details]
Dutch steenmossel  [details]
English date mussel  [details]
French date de mer  [details]
German Dattelmuschel  [details]
German Seedattel  [details]
German Steindattel  [details]
Italian dattero di mare  [details]
Lithuanian akmengraužis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Βάλανος  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Πετροσωλήνας  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χουρμάς  [details]
Norwegian daddelmusling  [details]
Russian или морской финик  [details]
Russian камнеточец  [details]
Slovenian morski datelj  [details]
Spanish dátil de mar  [details]
Turkish deniz midyesi  [details]
Turkish taş midyesi  [details]
Turkish yeşil ağaç salyangozu  [details]
Ukrainian Морський фінік  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Bizerte [details]
Bizerte Bay [details]
Cabo ledo [details]
Dakar [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Kerkennah Islands [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South West Coast of Apulia [details]
Tunis Gulf [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
Note  Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Images 
Lithophaga lithophaga
Lithophaga lithophaga
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Lithophaga lithophaga
Lithophaga lithophaga
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Lithophaga lithophaga
Lithophaga lithophaga
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140459
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-04-11 06:59:55Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2008-05-19 18:11:19Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140459 on 2013-06-18
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