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Lithophaga
Boring Mussels
Animalia › Mollusca › Mytilidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford & D. Thaanum; D. ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1925
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Nago
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Lithophaga observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1925. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 578 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Impérial du milieu, Marseille, FR
(c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Passeig Neptú – Hotel Riviera [Gandia], 46730 Grau i Platja, Valencia, Espanya
(c) José F. F., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Estéou, Marseille, France
(c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
(c) Nicolas LATOUR, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Enseada da Bafureira, Cascais, PT
(c) Josué Amoroso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Daratsos, Crete, GR
(c) Alex Sosnovshchenko, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Lithophaga. BPBM 260583. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37449663. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/260583.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37449663 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026