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Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)

Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.
Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 27.05.2009), actual size 2.8 and 2.2 mm.

140729  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140729)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus lithophaga Retzius, 1788) Retzius, A.J. (1788). <i>Venus lithophaga</i> descripta. <em>Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.</em> (Turin) 1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans: 11-14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511
page(s): 11-14 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2026-03-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140729 on 2026-03-17
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
changed
Huber, Markus
2011-01-23 12:25:19Z
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Gofas, Serge
2011-11-06 09:46:52Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2024-03-29 08:54:38Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Mya decussata Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details] 

original description (of Petricola costellata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Petricola rocellaria Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Petricola ruperella Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Petricola semilamellata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Rupellaria reticulata Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802) Fleuriau [de] Bellevue [L.B.] 1802. Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de mollusques et vers lithophages, et sur les facultés qu'ont ces animaux de percer le rochers. <i>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts</i> (Paris), 54: 345-369., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6194127 [details] 

original description (of Rupellaria striata Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802) Fleuriau [de] Bellevue [L.B.] 1802. Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de mollusques et vers lithophages, et sur les facultés qu'ont ces animaux de percer le rochers. <i>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts</i> (Paris), 54: 345-369., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6194127 [details] 

original description (of Venerupis lamellosa Blainville, 1824) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 32, p. 343 [details] 

original description (of Venus lithophaga Retzius, 1788) Retzius, A.J. (1788). <i>Venus lithophaga</i> descripta. <em>Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.</em> (Turin) 1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans: 11-14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511
page(s): 11-14 [details] 

original description (of Petricola abbreviata Dujardin, 1837 †) Dujardin, F. (1837). Mémoire sur les couches du sol en Touraine, et description des coquilles de la craie et des faluns. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 2(2): 211–311, pls 15-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42371007
page(s): 257 [details] 

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 936-937 [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) 
To Conchology (Petricola lithophaga) 
To Malacopics (Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) ) 
To PESI (from synonym Mya decussata Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola costellata Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola rariflamma Deshayes, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola rocellaria Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola ruperella Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola semilamellata Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Rupellaria reticulata Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)
To PESI (from synonym Rupellaria striata Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)
To PESI (from synonym Venerupis lamellosa Blainville, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Venus lithophaga Retzius, 1788)
To PESI (from synonym Petricola abbreviata Dujardin, 1837 †)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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