Lithophaga gigantea Stuckenberg 1898 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Modiola gigantea

Synonym: Paychoya sicaria Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956

Belongs to Lithophaga according to V. A. Muromtseva and V. A. Guskov 1984

See also Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956

Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga carolinensis, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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