African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Lithophagus [sic]

AphiaID

205597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205597)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Accepted name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Original name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

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Species Lithophagus gracilis (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Lithophaga teres (R. A. Philippi, 1846)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]

(of Lithophaga Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithophagus [sic]. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205597 on 2026-07-22

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Lithophagus [sic]. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205597 on 2026-07-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-08-02 17:06:59Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-30 16:08:02Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-22 14:07:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-03-05 21:22:10Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2020-11-15 16:26:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-16 14:37:03Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2022-11-07 11:18:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]

original description (of Lithophaga Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]