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Lithophaga lithophaga Date mussel,date shell

Lithophaga lithophagais commonly referred to as Date mussel,date shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4789 
AphiaID:
140459 
Scientific:
Lithophaga lithophaga 
German:
Seedattel, Dattelmuschel, Steindattel, Bohrmuschel 
English:
Date Mussel,date Shell 
Category:
Sea Shells 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytilidae (Family) > Lithophaga (Genus) > lithophaga (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Senegal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 200 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 2.76" (3cm - 7cm) 
Temperature:
62.6 °F - 80.6 °F (17°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-05-19 04:48:29 

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Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lithophaga, the date mussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.

They can be found in northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

lithophaga = "stone-eater"

Synonymised names:
Lithodomus dactylus G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Lithodomus inflatus Requien, 1848
Lithodomus lithophagus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lithodomus lithophagus var. minor Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Lithophaga mytuloides Röding, 1798
Lithophagus communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Mytilus lithophagus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Mytilus lythophagus Salis Marschlins, 1793 (misspelling)

Scientific paper

  1. Endoliths in Lithophaga lithophaga shells – Variation in intensity of infestation and species occurrence, Peharda, Melita; Calcinai, Barbara; Puljas, Sanja; Golubić, Stjepko; Arapov, Jasna; Thébault, Julien , 2015
  2. Growth and longevity ofLithophaga lithophaga: what can we learn from shell structure and stable isotope composition?, Peharda, Melita; Puljas, Sanja; Chauvaud, Laurent; Schöne, Bernd R.; Ezgeta-Balić, Daria; Thébault, Julien , 2015
  3. Relative growth and reproductive cycle of the date musselLithophaga lithophaga(Linnaeus, 1758) sampled from the Bizerte Bay (Northern Tunisia), Kefi, Ferdaous Jaafar; Boubaker, Samir; Menif, Najoua Trigui El , 2014
  4. Temporal Trends of Some Trace Metals inLithophaga lithophaga(L., 1758) from Izmir Bay (Eastern Aegean Sea), Meral Ozsuer, Ugur Sunlu, 2013
  5. Abiotic and Biotic Links Work Two Ways: Effects on the Deposit at the Cliff Foot Induced by Mechanical Action of Date Mussel Harvesting (Lithophaga lithophaga), Alessio Rovere, Stefano Bellati, Valeriano Parravicini, Marco Firpo, Carla Morri and Carlo Nike Bianchi, 2009
  6. Abiotic and Biotic Links Work Two Ways: Effects on the Deposit at the Cliff Foot Induced by Mechanical Action of Date Mussel Harvesting (Lithophaga lithophaga), Alessio Rovere; Stefano Bellati; Valeriano Parravicini; Marco Firpo; Carla Morri; Carlo Nike Bianchi, 2009
  7. HABITAT AND ASSOCIATED FAUNA OF LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA (LINNÉ 1758) IN THE BAY OF BIZERTA (TUNISIA), EL-MENIF, NAJOUA TRIGUI.; JAAFAR KEFI, FERDAOUS; RAMDANI, MOHAMMED.; FLOWER, ROGER; BOUMAIZA, MONCEF , 2007
  8. Desertification of Mediterranean rocky reefs caused by date-mussel, Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca: Bivalvia), fishery: effects on adult and juvenile abundance of a temperate fish, P. Guidetti; F. Boero, 2004
  9. Effects of Desertification Caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) Fishery on Littoral Fish Assemblages along Rocky Coasts of Southeastern Italy, Paolo Guidetti, Simonetta Fraschetti, Antonio Terlizzi and Ferdinando Boero, 2004
  10. Distribution patterns of sea urchins and barrens in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs impacted by the illegal fishery of the rock-boring molluscLithophaga lithophaga, P. Guidetti; S. Fraschetti; A. Terlizzi; F. Boero, 2003
  11. Population dynamics of the date mussel,Lithophaga lithophaga(L., 1758) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), in the Evoikos Gulf (Greece), S. Galinou-Mitsoudi; A. I. Sinis, 1997
  12. Human predation along Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy): desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fisheries : G. Fanelli, S. Piraino, G. Belmonte, S. Geraci & F. Boero, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 110(1), 1994, pp 1–8, , 1996
  13. AGE AND GROWTH OF LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (BIVALVIA: MYTILIDAE), BASED ON ANNUAL GROWTH LINES IN THE SHELL, GALINOU-MITSOUDI, S.; SINIS, A.I., 1995
  14. REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE AND FECUNDITY OF THE DATE MUSSEL LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA (BIVALVIA: MYTILIDAE), S. Galinou-mitsoudi; A. Sinis, 1994
  15. The pallial glands and rock boring in Lithophaga lithophaga (Lamellibranchia, Mytilidae), V. Jaccarini; W. H. Bannister; H. Micallef, 1968

External links

  1. Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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am 02.11.12#1
Die Seedattel kam in einem Hohlraum von lebenden Steinen aus Indonesien in mein Aquarium. Die Muschel wurde nur aufgrund der Zerteilung eines Steines gefunden. Die Seedattel legte ich lose auf einem Stein ab.Nun bewegt sich die Seedattel jeden Tag ein Stück mehr in die Dunkelheit der Steinaufbauten und wird in wenigen Tagen aus dem sichtbaren Bereich verschwunden sein.Ob sie sich schon wieder in einen Stein bohrt , kann ich leider nicht erkennen.Die Haltung war bis jetzt problemlos.
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