MSBIAS taxon details
Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
140729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140729)
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]
page(s): 11-14 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). 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=140729 on 2026-03-17
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. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2026-03-17
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(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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 936-937 [details]
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 936-937 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications)
To Conchology (Petricola lithophaga)
To Malacopics (Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) )
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Conchology (Petricola lithophaga)
To Malacopics (Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) )
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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