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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) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Lithodomus niger d'Orbigny figs. pl. 28, figs. 10, 11
1853Lithodomus niger d'Orbigny
1919Lithophaga nigra Cooke p. 146
1969Lithophaga nigra Richards et al. p. 4
1974Lithophaga nigra De Buisonjé p. 224 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1982Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra Woodring p. 724
2005Lithophaga nigra Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLithophagaRöding 1798
speciesnigra(d'Orbigny 1845)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:12:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 16:28:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Lithophaga nigra (34652)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Lithophaga nigra (42488)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Lithophaga nigra (93368)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Lithophaga nigra (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Lithophaga nigra (75305 75310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lithophaga nigra (58867)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Lithophaga nigra (209188)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Lithophaga nigra (66811)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Lithophaga nigra (67947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Lithophaga nigra (80407)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Lithophaga nigra (97606 97607 97608 97609)