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) hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lithodomus hanleyanus Reeve, 1857
   Leiosolenus hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)
   Lithophaga instigans Iredale, 1939

Distribution

Keywords

depth: sublittoral
habit: boring, infaunal
habitat: coral [ dead corals; living coral colonies at Low Isles ]
habitat: coral reef [ preferring sheltered back-reefs and lagoon situations ]

References

Kleemann, K.H. 1983. p.11 [ synonymy; distribution; type data; ecology ] Secondary source
Kleemann, K.H. 1984. p.193 [ synonymy; distribution; type data ] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.92 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.55 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ] General reference
Otter, G.W. 1937. p.339 Biology and ecology
Wilson, B.R. 1979. [ distribution; ecology ] Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga R�ding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
                      Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19561) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.