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Lithophaga nigra

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Lithodomus niger was named by d'Orbigny (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Lithophaga nigra by Cooke (1919), Richards et al. (1969), De Buisonjé (1974), Rosenberg (2005).