Black Datemussel Lithophaga nigra

Classification

Mytilidae [family]

Lithophaga [genus] (2)

nigra [species]

Classification

Mytilidae [family]

Lithophaga [genus] (2)

nigra [species]

Names

English name	Black Datemussel
Valid name	Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Mollusca [phylum] Molluscs
  - Bivalvia [class] Bivalves
    - Pteriomorphia [subclass]
      - Mytilida [order]
        
        Mytiloidea [superfamily]
        
        Mytilidae [family]
        
        Lithophaga Röding, 1798 [genus]
        
        Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853) [species] Black Datemussel