OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) purpureus Kleemann, 1980
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Lithophaga purpurea Kleemann, 1980
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Egypt
Kleemann, K. 1980. p.24
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba
Kleemann, K. 1980. p.24
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Jordan
Kleemann, K. 1980. p.24
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Kleemann, K. 1980. p.24
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Cook Islands
Kleemann, K. 1980. p.24
Keywords
depth: sublittoral [ 1-6m, 11-13m
]
habit: boring, infaunal
habitat: coral [ only in live host corals
]
References
Kleemann, K.H. 1980. p.21 [ synonymy; description; distribution; ecology; type data
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) purpureus Kleemann, 1980
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60978) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-18. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2003-11-13.