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Subfamily LITHOPHAGINAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1854)


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1854) [Lithophaginae is in prevailing usage, and is conserved under Art. 40.2 of the ICZN with the priority of Lithodominae J. Gray, 1854. Lithophaginae is thus maintained and retains its own author and date (the first date cited), but takes the priority of the replaced name; the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Lithodominae Gray, 1854; see Bieler et al. (2010: 51, 117)].
  • Lithodominae Gray, 1854.
  • Adulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979.
  • Botulinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Mytilidae: Lithophaga (Lithophaga) antillarum (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842) [=Lithodomus antillarum d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842; currently accepted as Lithophaga corrugata (Philippi, 1846)] — 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (restricted to the Western Atlantic:Caribbean, Central America; Australian records referred to Lithophaga (Lithophaga) caperata (Philippi, 1849))

Mytilidae: Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842) [=Lithodomus niger d'Orbigny, A.D. 1842] — 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (restricted to the Caribbean; Australian records referred to Lithophaga (Lithophaga) teres (Philippi 1846))

Mytilidae: Lithophaga lessepsiana (Vaillant, 1865) [=Lithodomus lessepsianus Vaillant, L. 1865; currently accepted as Leiosolenus lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)] — 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (not an Australian species; Australian records referred to Leiosolenus (Leiosolenus) simplex (Iredale 1939))

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Apr-2018 BIVALVIA 23-Apr-2018 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MODIFIED ABRS
22-Sep-2010 ADDED