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Lithophagus plumula

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Lithodomus plumula was named by Hanley (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lithophagus plumula by Carpenter (1857); it was recombined as Lithophaga plumula by Dall (1898), Arnold (1903), Hertlein and Strong (1946), McLean (1969) and Kern (1973); it was recombined as Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula by Moore (1983) and Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. vietus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Lithodomus plumula Hanley p. 17
1857Lithophagus plumula Carpenter pp. 125-126
1898Lithophaga plumula Dall p. 799
1903Lithophaga plumula Arnold p. 121
1946Lithophaga plumula Hertlein and Strong p. 75
1969Lithophaga plumula McLean p. 68 figs. fig. 37.4
1973Lithophaga plumula Kern p. 73
1983Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula Moore p. A73 figs. Plate 19, figures 7, 8
2000Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula Coan et al. p. 180

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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
genusLithophagus(Lamarck 1801)
speciesplumula(Hanley 1844)

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.

Lithophagus plumula Hanley 1844
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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: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 15:52:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:25:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available