OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra (Sagra, 1842)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758
   Lithodomus niger Sagra, 1842
   Modiola (Lithophagus) caribaea Philippi, 1847
   Lithophaga crenulata Dunker, 1848
   Lithophaga ventrosa Dunker, 1882

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPakistan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)Sri Lanka
  PRELOVED RegionsIndia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFijiViti Levu Group
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.58 

References

 Kleemann, K.H. 1984. p.210 [ synonymy; distribution; type data ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Lithophaga Röding, 1798
                    Lithophaga (Lithophaga) Röding, 1798
                      Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra (Sagra, 1842)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60967) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-26.