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Lithophaga attenuata (Deshayes, 1836) 
AphiaID: 545959

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 attenuatus (Deshayes, 1836)
 Lithodomus inca d'Orbigny, 1846
 Lithophaga (Labis) attenuata (Deshayes, 1836)
 Lithophaga attenuata rogersi S. S. Berry, 1957
 Modiola attenuata Deshayes, 1836 (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]

from synonym: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] [view taxon]

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Subspecies Lithophaga attenuata rogersi S. S. Berry, 1957 accepted as Lithophaga attenuata (Deshayes, 1836)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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Lithophaga attenuata
Lithophaga attenuata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545959
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-11-17 14:24:28Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2011-12-30 16:08:02Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2012-02-19 11:54:55Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-06-23 08:05:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Lithophaga attenuata (Deshayes, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545959 on 2013-05-24
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