Biology:Lithophaga truncata

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Lithophaga truncata
Zelithophaga truncata.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Lithophaga
Species:
L. truncata
Binomial name
Lithophaga truncata
(Gray, 1843)

Lithophaga truncata is a date mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.

thumb|left|200px|Lithophaga truncata inside view, showing the iridescence

References

  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q727692 entry