Lithophaga truncata

Lithophaga truncata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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
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