Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Petricolinae > Genus Petricola

Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Petricola*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Petricola (Petricola)*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Petricola (Rupellaria)*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Rupellaria*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym

Species group names

*Mya decussata*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Petricola abbreviata*	Dujardin, 1837	synonym
*Petricola costellata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Petricola rariflamma*	Deshayes, 1834	synonym
*Petricola rocellaria*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Petricola ruperella*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Petricola semilamellata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Rupellaria reticulata*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Rupellaria striata*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Venerupis lamellosa*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Venus lithophaga*	Retzius, 1788	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: rock-eating petricola

French: fausse pholade naine; pétricole rocellaire; pétricole rupérelle; pétricole semi-lamelleuse; vénus lamelleuse

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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.
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. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). 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:140729