Lithophaga

Lithophaga truncata

The Lithophaga ( sea dates ) are a genus of medium-sized marine molluscs of the family Mytilidae. They are about 3-7 cm large brown cylindrical drilling shells and close relatives of the mussels.

The shells of the species of this genus are long and narrow with parallel sides. The animals burrow using the Pallialdrüsensekret in stone or coral sediment, hence the systematic name Lithophaga, which means "stone -eater ".

Species of the genus Lithophaga

( German name as a translation of the English )

  • Lithophaga antillarum ( d' Orbigny, 1842) - Large date mussel (german giant date mussel )
  • Lithophaga aristata ( Dillwyn, 1817) - Scherenseedattel (german scissor date mussel )
  • Lithophaga attenuata ( Deshayes, 1836) - Thin date mussel (English attenuated date mussel )
  • Lithophaga balanas Dall
  • Lithophaga balanus Dall
  • Lithophaga bisulcata ( d' Orbigny, 1842) - Mahagoniseedattel (English mahogany date mussel )
  • Lithophaga cardigera
  • Lithophaga cavernosa
  • Lithophaga cinnamomeus
  • Lithophaga dactylus
  • Lithophaga fasciola Dall, Bartsch, and Rehder
  • Lithophaga gracilis Philippi
  • Lithophaga hawaia Dall, Bartsch, and Rehder
  • Lithophaga ilabis ( Deshayes )
  • Lithophaga nigra ( d' Orbigny, 1842) - Black date mussel (german black date mussel )
  • Lithophaga plumula ( Hanley, 1844) - Federseedattel (English feather date mussel )
  • Lithophaga punctata ( Kleemann & Hoeksema, 2002)
  • Lithophaga rogersi SS Berry, 1957 - Rogers date mussel (English Roger 's date mussel )
  • Lithophaga truncata (Gray, 1843)
  • Lithophaga simplex

Swell

  • " Lithophaga " in ITIS
  • Kleemann, KH, 1994. Mytilid bivalve Lithophaga in Upper Triassic coral Pamiroseris from Zlambach Beds Compared with Cretaceous Lithophaga alpina. Facies 30, 151-154.
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