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Lithophaga zitteliana Dunker, 1882 
AphiaID: 208436

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Lithophaga (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857)
Rank Species
Parent Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Sources  basis of record: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [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]

source of synonymy: Kleemann K. & Maestrati P. (2012) Pacific Lithophaga (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from recent French expeditions with the description of two new species. Bollettino Malacologico 48: 73-102. [details]

status source: Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214. [details]

Distribution Chagos [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Lithophaga zitteliana
Lithophaga zitteliana
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208436
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2013-01-10 09:18:51Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2013). Lithophaga zitteliana Dunker, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208436 on 2013-05-20
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