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Lithophaga plumula (Hanley, 1843) 
AphiaID: 600516

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytiloida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Lithophaga (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa		  Leiosolenus patagonicus kelseyi Hertlein & Strong, 1946
 Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
 Lithodomus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
 Lithodomus plumula gracilior Carpenter, 1857
 Lithodomus plumula tumidior Carpenter, 1857
 Lithodomus subula Reeve, 1857
 Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula (Hanley, 1843)
 Lithophaga cavernosa Dunker, 1882
 Modiola plumula Hanley, 1843 (original combination)
Sources  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: 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] [view taxon]

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]

from synonym: Coan E.V. & Kabat A.R. (2012) The malacological works and taxa of Sylvanius Hanley (1819-1899). Malacologia 55(2): 285-359. [details] [view taxon]

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Lithophaga plumula
Lithophaga plumula
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600516
Taxonomic
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2012-06-23 08:05:40Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Lithophaga plumula (Hanley, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600516 on 2013-05-22
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