MSBIAS - Lithophaga Röding, 1798

MSBIAS taxon details

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Lithophaga lithophaga

AphiaID

138220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138220)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Original name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

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Species Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lithophaga Röding, 1798. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138220 on 2026-07-21

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Lithophaga Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138220 on 2026-07-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-09-22 06:50:38Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-12-03 07:25:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-22 14:07:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-01-29 20:24:10Z

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Sartori, André F.

2017-06-18 14:12:27Z

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Gofas, Serge

2018-03-23 21:34:07Z

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Gofas, Serge

2019-08-11 22:27:57Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]

additional source Kleeman K.H. (1983) Catalogue of recent and fossil <i>Lithophaga</i> (Bivalvia). <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>, supplement 12: 1-46. [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]