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Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) 
AphiaID: 140729

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolinae (Subfamily) > Petricola (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Petricola Lamarck, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Mya decussata Montagu, 1808
Petricola costellata Lamarck, 1818
Petricola rariflamma Deshayes, 1834
Petricola rocellaria Lamarck, 1818
Petricola ruperella Lamarck, 1818
Petricola semilamellata Lamarck, 1818
Petricola sulcata Lamarck, 1801
Rupellaria reticulata de Bellevue, 1802
Rupellaria striata de Bellevue, 1802
Venerupis lamellosa Blainville, 1824
Venus lithophaga Retzius, 1788
Sources  original description: Retzius A.J. 1788. Venus lithophaga descripta. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Turin)(1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans): 11-14, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511 [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]

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]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Authority: specific name credited to Philippson in ICZN Opinión 495/1957. Names established in a thesis by Philipsson, working under his advisor Retzius at the University of Lund were, by the law or custom then prevailing, credited to the professor. However this name was published separately by Retzius in Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences (Turin) and remains credited to Retzius [details]
Images 
Petricola lithophaga
Petricola lithophaga
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) Juvenile  specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.
Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.
added on 2013-02-05 - author: Antit, Mouna
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-05 13:38:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140729
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2011-01-23 12:25:19Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2011-11-06 09:46:52Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S.; Huber, M. (2013). Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2013-05-18
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