Species Lithophaga (Lithophaga) teres (Philippi, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Modiola teres Philippi, R.A. 1846. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien, unter Mithulfe mehrer deutscher Conchyliologen, herausgegeben von. R.A. Philippi mit beitragen der Herren Anton … Dr vondem Busch, Dr Dunker, Dr Jones, Bergrath Koch, Dr Pfeiffer, Dr Troschell. Cassell : Theodor Fischer Vol. 2 232 pp. [Feb. 1846]. [148, pl. 1, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype Pacific Ocean
  Comment: Original not seen.
• Modiola gracilis Philippi, A.R. 1847. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1847: 71-77, 84-96, 113-127 [117-118].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN 50338, China.
• Modiola malayana Philippi, A.R. 1847. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1847: 71-77, 84-96, 113-127 [117].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, China Sea.
• Lithophaga ventrosa Dunker, W. 1880-1883. Die Gattung Lithophaga in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 1-32, pls 1-6 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [pl. 1, figs 3, 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 197736/1, Lord Hood's Island, Marquesas.
• Dactylus erythraensis Jousseaume, F. 1888. Description des Mollusques Recueillis par M. Le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe D'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 1(42): 166-223 [218, 219].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Obock, Erythraea.
• Lithophaga lithoglypha Clessin, S. 1889. Mytilacea. In, Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8, Part 3. [p.160, pl.2, f.1] [in part].
• Lithophaga teres annectans 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 [422, pl. 6, fig. 29].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60406, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].
• Lithophaga lithoglypha Clessin, 1890 [in part].

 

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

• Lithodomus gracilis (Philippi, 1847). —
  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.1]
• Lithodomus teres (Philippi, 1846). —
  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.3, f.13] (New combination)
• Lithophaga teres (Philippi, 1846).
• Lithophaga (Lithophaga) teres (Philippi, 1846).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842. —
  Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [92, fig. 214] (a misidentification)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth: subtidal, boring in dead coral (Queensland), shallow subtidal, found in slightly softer reef-rock in shallow water in the lagoon, Cocos-Keeling Island; habit: boring, infaunal, in Porites (Phuket, Thailand); habitat: reef flats, inner reef flat found boring in coral or other calcareous rock (Queensland), coral reef; substrate: coral.

 

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.

Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 173-214 [205] (synonomy)

Kilburn, R.N. 2002. Mollusca Database for South Africa.

Kleemann, K.H. 1984. Lithophaga from dead coral from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 192-230 [210-218] (extensive analysis of species. Systematic arangement followed herein, not Oliver, Wilson or Nielsen)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [92, fig. 214]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [156] (biology and ecology)

Morton, B. & Scott, P.J.B. 1980. Morphological and functional specializations of the shell, musculature and pallial glands in the Lithophaginae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Zoology, London 192: 179-203

Nielsen, C. 1976. Notes on boring bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Ophelia 15: 141-148 [142] (ecology)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [54, pl. 7] (synonymy, distribution, habitat)

Zhenrui, W. & Zhongyan, Q. 1984. Study on Chinese species of the family Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Studia Marina Sinica 22: 198-242 [233] (synonymy; distribution)

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [294] (Chocolate Date Mussel)

Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [89] (Black Date Mussel)

 

History of changes

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