Lithophaga (Botula) Mörch, 1853: 55

Kleemann, Karl, 2007, Catalogue and bibliography of Recent and fossil Botula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), Zootaxa 1508, pp. 1-48 : 4-5

Lithophaga (Botula) Mörch, 1853: 55

Botulopa Iredale, 1939: 414 . Type species (original designation), Botulopa silicula infra Iredale, 1939 : (414), 415, pl. 6, fig. 26, Low Isles, Queensland (Pl. 1, Fig. 3a, b); Soot-Ryen 1969: (N279); Wilson & Tait 1984: (113)

Non Botula (Notobotula) Fleming, 1959: 170 –171, (176). Type species (original designation), Botula (Notobotula) molina Fleming, 1959 , Lower Pleistocene, New Zealand. Castlecliff, Wanganui, pl. 14, figs. 18–24; = Modiolula phaseolina ( Philippi, 1844) , see Beu (2004: 144) and Fig. 1

Sootryenella Adegoke, 1977: 230–231. Type species (original designation), Sootryenella ewekoroensis Adegoke, 1977: 231 , pl. 43, figs. 15–19

Figures

FIGURE 1. Shell characters of boring mytilid genera Botula, Lithophaga, Adula, Gregariella, and of non-boring “ Notobotula ”. (a) left lateral view, (b) anterior view, (c) posterior view.