Lithophaga

Lithophaga truncata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Mytilida Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

Familia: Mytilidae
Subfamilia: Lithophaginae
Genus: Lithophaga
Species: L. lithophaga – ...

Name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Synonyms

• Lithophagus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
• Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816

References

Additional references

• Soot-Ryen, T. 1955. A report on the family Mytilidae (Pelecypoda). Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 20(1): 1-174, Plates 1-10, Fig. 1-78. Online BHL. Reference page.  [see page 91]

Vernacular names

• English: date mussels
• français: dattes de mer