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Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)

Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.
Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.

140729  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140729)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Petricolinae (Subfamily)
  13. Petricola (Genus)
  14. Petricola lithophaga (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Retzius, A.J. (1788). <i>Venus lithophaga</i> descripta. <em>Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.</em> (Turin) 1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans: 11-14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511
page(s): 11-14 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2025-12-14
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2025-12-14
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
changed
Huber, Markus
2011-01-23 12:25:19Z
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Gofas, Serge
2011-11-06 09:46:52Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2024-03-29 08:54:38Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

original description (of ) Retzius, A.J. (1788). <i>Venus lithophaga</i> descripta. <em>Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.</em> (Turin) 1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans: 11-14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511
page(s): 11-14 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 936-937 [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
English rock-eating petricola  [details]
French fausse pholade naine  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) 
To Conchology (Petricola lithophaga) 
To Malacopics (Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) ) 
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To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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