Biology:Lithophaga truncata
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Lithophaga truncata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Lithophaga |
| Species: | L. truncata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithophaga truncata (Gray, 1843)
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Lithophaga truncata is a date mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.
thumb|left|200px|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
Wikidata ☰ Q727692 entry
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