Lithophaga truncata

Lithophaga truncata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Lithophaga
Species:
L. truncata
Binomial name
Lithophaga truncata
(Gray, 1843)

Lithophaga truncata is a date mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae.

Lithophaga truncata inside view, showing the iridescence