Subgenus Lithophaga (Lithophaga) Röding, 1798

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithophaga Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [156].

  Type species:

   Lithophaga mytuloides Röding, 1798 by monotypy (= Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1780).
• Lithophagus Mergerle von Mühlfeld, J.C. 1811. Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. Magazin Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 38-72 [69].
• Lithodomus Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1817. Le Régne Animal distribué d'aprés son organisation. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 495-504 pp. [471].

  Type species:

   Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Lithodoma Blainville, M. de 1823. Dictoinnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Normant Vol. 27 pp. 1-551. [66-67] [subsequent misspelling].
• Lithotomus Schweigger, A.F. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der Skelet-losen ungegliederten Thiere. Leipsig 776 pp. [712] [subsequent misspelling].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, Carribean, Mediterranean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [417-420]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [508]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [92]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N276]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [54]

Otter, G.W. 1937. Rock destroying organisms in relation to coral reefs. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 1: 323-352 [334-339, pl. 3-5]

Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [435-489]

 

Common Name References

Turner Dixon, R. 1965. Mussel. pp. 1096-1098 in Encyclopedia Britannica. U.S.A. : William Benton. (Boring Mussels, Date)

 

History of changes

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)
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
22-Sep-2010		22-Sep-2010	MOVED
27-May-2013		22-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		08-Sep-2010	MODIFIED