Species under Lithophaga
n= 26
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Lithophaga antillarum
(d'Orbigny, 1853)
Giant datemussel Atlantic Ocean 12
Lithophaga aristata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Scissor datemussel Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific 5.2
Lithophaga attenuata
(Deshayes, 1836)
Attenuated datemussel Eastern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Lithophaga bisulcata
(d'Orbigny, 1853)
Mahogany datemussel Atlantic Ocean 4.5
Lithophaga calyculata
(Carpenter, 1857)
Pacific Ocean
Lithophaga canalifera
(Hanley, 1841)
Northwest Pacific
Lithophaga curta
(Lischke, 1874)
Burrowing datemussel Western Pacific
Lithophaga divaricalx
Iredale, 1939
Western Central Pacific
Lithophaga erimitica
Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Northwest Pacific
Lithophaga laevigata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Central Pacific
Lithophaga levigata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Indo-Pacific
Lithophaga lima
(Lamy, 1919)
Indo-West Pacific
Lithophaga lithophaga
(Linnaeus, 1758)
European date mussel Mediterranean Sea
Lithophaga lithura
Pilsbry, 1905
Western Pacific
Lithophaga malacanna
(Reeve, 1857)
Western and Central Pacific
Lithophaga malaccana
(Reeve, 1858)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Lithophaga mucronata
(Philippi, 1848)
Western Pacific
Lithophaga nigra
(d'Orbigny, 1853)
Black datemussel Eastern Central Pacific and Atlantic Ocean 6.5
Lithophaga patagonica
(d'Orbigny, 1846)
Southwest Atlantic 5.6
Lithophaga piulchra
Lamy, 1919
Western Central Pacific
Lithophaga robusta
Lamy, 1919
Rock eater Indo-Pacific 3.15
Lithophaga rogersi
Berry, 1957
Northeast Atlantic
Lithophaga simplex
Iredale, 1939
Western Pacific
Lithophaga straminea
Dunker, 1857
Indo-Pacific
Lithophaga teres
(Philippi, 1846)
Cylinder date mussel Indo-Pacific 7.5
Lithophaga zitteliana
Dunker, 1883
Northwest Pacific
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