OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Pterioida Pteriidae 

Avicula (Meleagrina) capensis Sowerby, 1889

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown Sowerby, G. B. (3rd) 1889. p.158, pl. 3, fig. 10.
Probably lost (not in OXUM or BMNH). Status unknown Port Elizabeth

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Pterioida
                Pterioidea
                  Pteriidae Gray, 1847
                    Pinctada Röding, 1798
                      Pinctada capensis (Sowerby, 1889)
                        Avicula (Meleagrina) capensis Sowerby, 1889

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=106490) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.