Date Mussel (Lithophaga Lithophaga)

Latin name: Lithophaga lithophaga
Common name: Date mussel
In other languages: S: Datil de mar, F: Datte, D: Dattelmuschel
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Lithophaga

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Habitat: Bores deep into limestone.

Size: 3cm - 7cm.

Colour: Exterior bluish; white-bluish inside.