Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combinations: Lithodomus niger, Lithophaga (Lithophaga) nigra

Belongs to Lithophaga according to G. Rosenberg 2005

See also Cooke 1919, De Buisonjé 1974, Richards et al. 1969 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus beetzi

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), United States (4: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)

• Miocene of Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of Panama (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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