Biology:Lithophaga aristata
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Lithophaga |
| Species: | L. aristata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
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Lithophaga aristata, or the Scissor date mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Texas and the West Indies.[1]
Distribution
Lithophaga aristata is known from North Carolina, Florida and the Caribbean.[2] However, it is considered an invasive species in various regions of the globe, and is believed to be mainly dispersed through ballast water.[2][3][4] Records of its occurrence outside the native range include the Brazil ian coast, in the states of Ceará, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina;[4] Cape Verde (Santo Antão island);[5] Mauritania, Senegal and Angola.[6]
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 20-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Simone, L. R. L.; Gonçalves, E. P. (2006). "Anatomical study on Myoforceps aristatus, an invasive boring bivalve in S.E. Brazilian coast (Mytilidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 46 (6). http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0031-10492006000600001&script=sci_arttext.
- ↑ Turner, R. D.; Boss, K. J. (1962). "The genus Lithophaga in the Western Atlantic". Johnsonia 4: 81–116.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cavallari, D. C.; Gonçalves, E. P.; Amaral, V. S. (2012). "New occurrences of Myoforceps aristatus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Brazilian coast". Strombus (São Paulo, Brazil) 19 (1-2): 23–27. ISSN 1983-2214. http://www.conchasbrasil.org.br/strombus/files/019p23abs.pdf.
- ↑ Lopes, E. P (2012). "Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817), new to the Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae)". Zoologia Caboverdiana (Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia) 2 (2): 71–73. ISSN 2074-5737. http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol2no2/Lopes%20Leiosolenus%20aristatus.pdf.
- ↑ Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.). L’Informatore Piceno, Ancona. pp. 319. https://archive.org/details/westafricanseash00tard.
Wikidata ☰ Q660324 entry
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