Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Lithophaginae > Genus Lithophaga

Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lithophaga*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Lithophagus*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Lithodomus*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Mytilus lythophagus*	Salis Marschlins, 1793	orthographic variant
*Lithodomus dactylus*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1824	synonym
*Lithodomus inflatus*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Lithodomus lithophagus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Lithodomus lithophagus var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Lithophaga lithoglypha*	Dunker, 1882	synonym
*Lithophaga mytuloides*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja hurmë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: mаlak kаmenoprobivаch; Малък каменопробивач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Europese dadelmossel; steenmossel sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: date mussel; European date mussel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

French: date de mer; datte lithophage d'Europe sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Dattelmuschel; Europäische Steindattel; Seedattel; Steindattel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Greek: Βάλανος; Πετροσωλήνας; Χουρμάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: dattero di mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: akmengraužis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: daddelmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или морской финик; камнеточец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: morski datelj sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: dátil de mar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: deniz midyesi; taş midyesi; yeşil ağaç salyangozu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський фінік

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
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.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140459