MolluscaBase - Lithophagus rugiferus Dunker, 1857

MolluscaBase name details

Lithophagus rugiferus Dunker, 1857

AphiaID

870352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870352)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Leiosolenus spatiosus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lithophagus [sic] accepted as Lithophaga Röding, 1798

Original name

Lithophagus rugiferus Dunker, 1857

Environment

marine

Original description

Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 125; note: Description given "verbatim" from Dunker in lit. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithophagus rugiferus Dunker, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870352 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-02-16 14:51:05Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2020-03-05 21:22:10Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-22 11:32:17Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 125; note: Description given "verbatim" from Dunker in lit. [details]