Name - Lithophaga plumula
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:250367 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Species
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Mollusca (Phylum) Bivalvia (Class) Pteriomorphia (Subclass) Mytiloida (Order) Mytiloidea (Superfamily) |
References
Recent Publications
- Growth rates of Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837), Chaceia ovoidea (Gould 1851) (Bivalvia: Pholadidae) and other rock boring bivalves in Monterey Bay.
- Shell boring clams in the blue abalone Haliotis fulgens and the yellow abalone Haliotis corrugata from Baja California, Mexico.
- Animals that bore through rock.
- Adaptation to rock boring in Botula and Lithophaga (Lamellibranchia, Mytilidae) with a discussion on the evolution of this habit.
- Malacologioal Notes-III. (a) Two new species of minute Californian marine shells; (b) The boring of Lithophaga; (r) Protective coverings built by two West Coast Bivalves: (d) On some members of the Mytilus californianus association; (e) Records
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