Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Botulinae > Genus Leiosolenus

Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leiosolenus*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	accepted genus name
*Dactylus*	Mörch, 1861	synonym
*Leiosolenus (Labis)*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Leiosolenus (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Lithodomus (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Lithophaga (Labis)*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Lithophaga (Leiosolenus)*	P. P. Carpenter, 1856	synonym
*Lithophaga (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Lithophagus (Leiosolenus)*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Myoforceps*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Dactylus carpenteri*	Mörch, 1861	synonym
*Lithodomus caudigerus*	(Lamarck, 1819)	synonym
*Lithodomus forficatus*	Ravenel, 1861	synonym
*Lithophaga aristata*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Lithophaga bipinnifera*	Guppy, 1877	synonym
*Lithophaga caudata*	(Gray, 1826)	synonym; nom. inval.
*Lithophaga incurva*	Gabb, 1861	synonym
*Lithophagus aristatus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Lithophagus aristatus var. gracilior*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Lithophagus aristatus var. tumidior*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Lithophagus caudatus*	Gray, 1826	synonym; nom. inval.
*Modiola caudigera*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Modiola excavata*	de Folin, 1867	synonym
*Myoforceps aristatus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym
*Mytilus ropan*	Deshayes, 1836	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
additional source	Velásquez M., Valentich-Scott P. & Capelo J.C. (2017). Marine boring bivalve mollusks from Isla Margarita, Venezuela. The Festivus. 49(3): 247-269.
status source	Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506056