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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) laevigata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Lithodomus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) hancocki Soot-Ryen, 1955
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Timor (Not otherwise Specified)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes)
Kleemann, K. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2002. p.16
Keywords
habit: boring, infaunal [ infests only live corals, generally massive corals; for example porites (Great Barrier Reef, Wilson 1985)
]
References
Kleemann, K.H. 1980. p.25 [ synonymy; description; distribution; ecology; type data
] General reference
Wilson, B.R. 1985. p.184 [ ecology
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Mytiloida
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) Carpenter, 1857
Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) laevigata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60982) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-12-18. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2003-11-13.