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Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Lithophaga lithophaga

AphiaID

138220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138220)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Lithophaga mytuloides Röding, 1798 accepted as Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Lithophaginae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Original name

Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lithophaga (Lithophaga) Röding, 1798 · alternative representation

Lithophaga (Myapalmula) Iredale, 1939 · alternative representation

Lithophagus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Lythodomus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816)

Modiola (Lithodomus) Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Modiola (Lithophaga) Röding, 1798 · unaccepted

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Species Lithophaga antillarum (A. d'Orbigny, 1853)
Species Lithophaga caperata R. A. Philippi, 1849
Species Lithophaga cylindrica (Krauss, 1848)
Species Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lithophaga nigra (A. d'Orbigny, 1853)
Species Lithophaga punctata Kleemann & B. W. Hoeksema, 2002
Species Lithophaga robusta Jousseaume, 1919
Species Lithophaga teres (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Species Lithophaga zitteliana Dunker, 1882
Subgenus Lithophaga (Diberus) Dall, 1898 accepted as Leiosolenus (Diberus) Dall, 1898 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Diberus) lima (E. Lamy, 1919) accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919)
2. Species Lithophaga (Diberus) mucronata (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus mucronatus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
4. Species Lithophaga (Diberus) barnardi Boshoff, 1965 represented as Lithophaga barnardi Boshoff, 1965 accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919) (basionym)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Doliolabis) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus (Labis) Dall, 1916 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Subgenus Lithophaga (Exodiberus) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus (Diberus) Dall, 1898 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Subgenus Lithophaga (Labis) Dall, 1916 accepted as Leiosolenus (Labis) Dall, 1916 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Labis) attenuata (Deshayes, 1836) accepted as Leiosolenus attenuatus (Deshayes, 1836)
2. Species Lithophaga (Labis) erimitica Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 accepted as Leiosolenus erimiticus (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
3. Species Lithophaga (Labis) lepteces Z.-R. Wang, 1997 accepted as Leiosolenus lepteces (Z.-R. Wang, 1997) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Lithophaga (Labis) peruviana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus peruvianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) P. P. Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) canalifera (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Leiosolenus canaliferus (Hanley, 1843)
2. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) curta Lischke, 1874 accepted as Leiosolenus lischkei M. Huber, 2010
3. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) dahabensis Kleemann, 2008 accepted as Leiosolenus dahabensis (Kleemann, 2008)
4. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) divaricalx Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus divaricalx (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
5. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) hancocki T. Soot-Ryen, 1955 accepted as Leiosolenus hancocki (T. Soot-Ryen, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
6. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) hanleyana (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Leiosolenus hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)
7. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) kuehnelti Kleemann, 1977 accepted as Leiosolenus kuehnelti (Kleemann, 1977) (basionym)
8. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) laevigata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted as Leiosolenus levigatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
9. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) lessepsiana (Vaillant, 1865) accepted as Leiosolenus lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)
10. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) lithura Pilsbry, 1905 accepted as Leiosolenus lithurus (Pilsbry, 1905)
11. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) malaccana (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Leiosolenus malaccanus (Reeve, 1857)
12. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) mucronata (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus mucronatus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
13. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) nasuta (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus nasutus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
14. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) obesa (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Leiosolenus obesus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
15. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) paraplumula Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012 accepted as Leiosolenus paraplumula (Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012)
16. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) parapurpurea Kleemann, 2008 accepted as Leiosolenus parapurpureus (Kleemann, 2008)
17. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) pulchra Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Leiosolenus pulcher (Jousseaume, 1919)
18. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) purpurea Kleemann, 1980 accepted as Leiosolenus purpureus (Kleemann, 1980)
19. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) simplex Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus simplex (Iredale, 1939)
20. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) subattenuata Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012 accepted as Leiosolenus subattenuatus (Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012)
21. Species Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) lima (Jousseaume, 1919) represented as Lithophaga lima (Jousseaume, 1919) accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Myoforceps) P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Leiosolenus (Myoforceps) P. Fischer, 1886 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Myoforceps) aristata (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Rupiphaga) Olsson, 1961 accepted as Leiosolenus (Rupiphaga) Olsson, 1961 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Rupiphaga) hastasia Olsson, 1961 accepted as Leiosolenus hastasius (Olsson, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Salebrolabis) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus (Diberus) Dall, 1898 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Lithophaga (Solebrolabris) divaricalx Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Stumpiella) T. Soot-Ryen, 1955 accepted as Leiosolenus (Stumpiella) T. Soot-Ryen, 1955 represented as Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
1. Species Lithophaga (Stumpiella) calyculata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Leiosolenus calyculatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
Species Lithophaga abbotti H. N. Lowe, 1935 accepted as Leiosolenus spatiosus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
Species Lithophaga arenaria Mörch, 1853 accepted as Arenifodiens vagina (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Lithophaga attenuata (Deshayes, 1836) accepted as Leiosolenus attenuatus (Deshayes, 1836)
Species Lithophaga barnardi Boshoff, 1965 accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919)
Species Lithophaga bipinnifera Guppy, 1877 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Lithophaga bisulcata (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Leiosolenus bisulcatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga calcifer Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus malaccanus (Reeve, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithophaga calyculata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Leiosolenus calyculatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
Species Lithophaga canalifera (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Leiosolenus canaliferus (Hanley, 1843)
Species Lithophaga caribaea (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Lithophaga nigra (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (See Nomenclature note under Modiola caribaea.)
Species Lithophaga carmenae Cosel, 1995 accepted as Leiosolenus carmenae (Cosel, 1995)
Species Lithophaga caudata (Gray, 1826) accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) (invalid; unjustified emendation )
Species Lithophaga cavernosa Dunker, 1882 accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
Species Lithophaga cinnamonea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lithophaga corrugata (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Lithophaga antillarum (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithophaga crenulata Dunker, 1849 accepted as Lithophaga nigra (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (declared nomen oblitum by Mikkelsen & Bieler (2007))
Species Lithophaga cumingiana (Reeve, 1858) accepted as Leiosolenus peruvianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lithophaga dahabensis Kleemann, 2008 accepted as Leiosolenus dahabensis (Kleemann, 2008)
Species Lithophaga dichroa Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus nasutus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithophaga divaricalx Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus divaricalx (Iredale, 1939) accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
Species Lithophaga dixonae P. J. B. Scott, 1986 accepted as Leiosolenus dixonae (P. J. B. Scott, 1986) (original combination)
Species Lithophaga erimitica Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 accepted as Leiosolenus erimiticus (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga fasciola Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Leiosolenus mucronatus (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Species Lithophaga gracilis (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Lithophaga teres (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
Species Lithophaga hancocki T. Soot-Ryen, 1955 accepted as Leiosolenus hancocki (T. Soot-Ryen, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga hanleyana (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Leiosolenus hanleyanus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Lithophaga hastasia Olsson, 1961 accepted as Leiosolenus hastasius (Olsson, 1961)
Species Lithophaga hawaia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Leiosolenus obesus (R. A. Philippi, 1847)
Species Lithophaga incurva Gabb, 1861 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Lithophaga jeffreysii Dunker, 1883 accepted as Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Lithophaga kleemanni (Valentich-Scott, 2008) accepted as Leiosolenus kleemanni (Valentich-Scott, 2008) accepted as Botula kleemanni Valentich-Scott, 2008
Species Lithophaga laevigata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted as Leiosolenus levigatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Species Lithophaga lepteces Z.-R. Wang, 1997 accepted as Leiosolenus lepteces (Z.-R. Wang, 1997) (superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga lessepsiana (Vaillant, 1865) accepted as Leiosolenus lessepsianus (Vaillant, 1865)
Species Lithophaga lima (Jousseaume, 1919) accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga lithoglypha Dunker, 1882 accepted as Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lithophaga lithura Pilsbry, 1905 accepted as Leiosolenus lithurus (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Lithophaga löbbeckeana Dunker, 1882 accepted as Lithophaga loebbeckeana Dunker, 1882 accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
Species Lithophaga loebbeckeana Dunker, 1882 accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithophaga malaccana (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Leiosolenus malaccanus (Reeve, 1857)
Species Lithophaga mucronata (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus mucronatus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga mytuloides Röding, 1798 accepted as Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lithophaga nasuta (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus nasutus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga nasuta (R. A. Philippi, 1846) sensu Dunker, 1882 accepted as Leiosolenus lima (Jousseaume, 1919) (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Lithophaga obesa (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Leiosolenus obesus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga obesus [sic] accepted as Lithophaga obesa (R. A. Philippi, 1847) accepted as Leiosolenus obesus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Lithophaga paraplumula Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012 accepted as Leiosolenus paraplumula (Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012)
Species Lithophaga parapurpurea Kleemann, 2008 accepted as Leiosolenus parapurpureus (Kleemann, 2008)
Species Lithophaga patagonica (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus patagonicus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lithophaga peruviana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Leiosolenus peruvianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lithophaga plumula (Hanley, 1843) accepted as Leiosolenus plumula (Hanley, 1843)
Species Lithophaga pulchra Jousseaume, 1919 accepted as Leiosolenus pulcher (Jousseaume, 1919)
Species Lithophaga purpurea Kleemann, 1980 accepted as Leiosolenus purpureus (Kleemann, 1980)
Species Lithophaga reticulata Dunker, 1883 accepted as Leiosolenus malaccanus (Reeve, 1857) (junior synonym)
Species Lithophaga rugifera (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Leiosolenus spatiosus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (chresonym)
Species Lithophaga simplex Iredale, 1939 accepted as Leiosolenus simplex (Iredale, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Lithophaga caperata R. A. Philippi, 1849
Species Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857) sensu Dunker, 1882 accepted as Lithophaga antillarum (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (misapplication)
Species Lithophaga stramineus [sic] accepted as Lithophaga straminea (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Lithophaga caperata R. A. Philippi, 1849 (incorrect gender ending)
Species Lithophaga subattenuata Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012 accepted as Leiosolenus subattenuatus (Kleemann & Maestrati, 2012)
Species Lithophaga ventrosa Dunker, 1882 accepted as Lithophaga teres (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (junior synonym)
Subgenus Lithophaga (Myapalmula) Iredale, 1939 represented as Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Environment

marine

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]

(of Lithophagus [sic]) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithophaga Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138220 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

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Sartori, André F.

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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 156 [details]

original description (of Lithodomus Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier G. (1816 ["1817"]). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8(1): 31] Tome 1, 540 pp.; Tome 2, 528 pp.; Tome 3, 653 pp.; Tome 4, 255 pp., 15 pl. Deterville, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18030
page(s): Tome 2 p. 471 [details]

original description (of Lithophagus [sic]) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin. 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]

original description (of Lithophaga (Myapalmula) Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635
page(s): 417 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Kleeman K.H. (1983) Catalogue of recent and fossil Lithophaga (Bivalvia). Journal of Molluscan Studies, supplement 12: 1-46. [details]