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Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857) 
AphiaID: 715122

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		  Lithodomus stramineus Reeve, 1857 (original combination)
 Lithophaga (Lithophaga) straminea (Reeve, 1857)
 Lithophaga (Lithophaga) zitteliana Dunker, 1882
 Lithophaga zitteliana Dunker, 1882
Sources  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: 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: 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 Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Image 
Lithophaga zitteliana
[image from synonym]
Lithophaga zitteliana
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715122
Taxonomic
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2013-01-10 09:18:51Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715122 on 2013-05-25
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