Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae

Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lithodomus lessepsianus Vaillant, 1865
   Leiosolenus lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)
   Dactylus fauroti Jousseaume, 1888

Distribution

Keywords

depth: lower intertidal [ lower intertidal levels of the reef front slope (Queensland) ]
habit: boring, infaunal      Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.54
habitat: reef flats [ reef flat pools (Queensland) ]
substrate: coral [ infest live host coral; for example Stylophora pistillata (Great Barrier reef, Wilson 1985; Red Sea, Arnaud & Thomassin 1976) ]      Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.54
References
Arnaud, P.M. and Thomassin, B.A. 1976. p.373 Biology and ecology
Kleemann, K.H. 1980. p.32 [ synonymy; description; distribution; ecology; type data; not placed in any subgenus ] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.92 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.55 [ pl.7; placed in genus Leiosolenus ] General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.55 Biology and ecology
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.55 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.55 Anatomy
Wilson, B.R. 1979. Biology and ecology
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga R�ding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
                      Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19547) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2003-11-10.