Species Lithophaga (Lithophaga) caperata (Philippi, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithophagus caperata Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6: 17-26 [25-26].
• Lithodomus stramineus Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Lithodomus. pls 1, 5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl.2].

 

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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lithophaga (Lithophaga) caperata (Philippi, 1849).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842 [=Lithodomus antillarum d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842]. —
  Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [447] (a misidentification)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

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.

Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [193] (As Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842)

Kleemann, von K. H. 1980. Korallenbohrende muschel seit dem Mittleren Lias unverändret. Beiträge zur Paläontologie von Österreich 7: 239-249 [239-249] (As Lithophaga (Lithophaga) antillarum. Extensive synomymy, subsequent references and notes on types)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [92, fig. 215] (as Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1842))

Wilson, B.R. 1979. A revision of Queensland lithophagine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Lithophaginae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 435-489 [447] (as Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1842))

 

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		14-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-Aug-2010	MODIFIED