Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: R. Damon. 1860. Handbook to the Geology of Weymouth and the Island of Portland. With Notes on the Natural History of the Coast and Neighbourhood. Edward Stanford, London 1-199
Belongs to Lithodomus according to R. Damon 1860
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 gigantea, 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 permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lithodomus portlandicus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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