Lithophaga

Lithophaga truncata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mytiloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Pteriomorphia
Ordo: Mytilida
Superfamilia: Mytiloidea

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

Name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Synonyms

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