MolluscaBase - Lithodomus lithophagus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS name details

Lithodomus lithophagus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216624)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Original name

Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Lithodomus lithophagus var. minor Pallary, 1900 accepted as Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithodomus lithophagus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216624 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-11 06:47:01Z

created

Govaerts, Ann

2000-09-14 06:49:43Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2011-12-15 12:57:32Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 705 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Spelling L. lithophaga in Kalk (1958). [details]

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