WoRMS taxon details
Lithophaga nasuta (Philippi, 1846)
AphiaID: 208439
AphiaID: 208439
| 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 |
Leiosolenus nasutus (Philippi, 1846) Lithodomus nasuta (Philippi, 1846) Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) nasuta (Philippi, 1846) Lithophaga dichroa Iredale, 1939 Modiola nasuta Philippi, 1846 (original combination) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 200 [details] additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 160 [details] from synonym: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208439 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Lithophaga nasuta (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208439 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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