Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, 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 petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lithophaga petricolides in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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