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Taxonomy
Mytilus lithophaga was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Europe, Mediterranean, Iran.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Lithophagus lithophagus by Sacco (1898); it was recombined as Lithophaga lithophaga by Cox (1936) and Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).
It was recombined as Lithophagus lithophagus by Sacco (1898); it was recombined as Lithophaga lithophaga by Cox (1936) and Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mytilus lithophaga Linnaeus p. 705 |
| 1867 | Lithodomus avitensis Mayer p. 354 |
| 1898 | Lithophagus lithophagus Sacco p. 45 |
| 1936 | Lithophaga lithophaga Cox p. 45 |
| 2000 | Lithophaga lithophaga Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315 |
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Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Lithodomus avitensis Mayer 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available