Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > 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
*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*	de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Rupellaria striata*	de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Venerupis lamellosa*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Venus lithophaga*	Retzius, 1788	synonym

Literature

original description	Retzius A.J. 1788. Venus lithophaga descripta. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Turin)(1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans): 11-14
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S.; Huber, M. (2014). Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140729