Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to B. Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), 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 nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lithophaga mucronata in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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