Lithophaga malaccana, Reeve, 1855
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862674 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2A77F-6B56-FF95-352C-81D1FD1689ED |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Lithophaga malaccana |
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Lithophaga malaccana View in CoL (Reeve, 1857, pl. 4, sp. 20)
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Description
Shell elongate, inflated, length to 40 mm, beaks nearly terminal anteriorly, anterior broadly rounded, posterior blunt to tapered, calcareous encrustations extend beyond the posterior shell margin.
Type locality
Malacca Straits, Indonesia.
Distribution
Indian Ocean. Indo-Pacific, Java, South China Sea, Xisha Islands, Hainan, Japan, eastern waters of Hong Kong, boring into dead and living corals ( Scott 2003). Submarine caves, boring into empty oyster shells.
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