OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Glycymeris (Veletuceta) grayana (Dunker, 1857)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Veletuceta flammea auct.
   Pectunculus australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Glycymeris flammeus Reeve, 1843
   Pectunculus grayana Dunker, 1857
   Axinaea kenyoniana Brazier, 1898

Common Name

Flame Dog Cockle p.249, pl. 31, fig. 5 [For Veletuceta flammeus ]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Gray's Bittersweet Clam p.38, pl.39A      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand 

References

  . p.299 [ Cape Dromedary, NSW, Australia ]  Type locality
 Allan, J. 1950. p.249, pl. 31, fig. 5 [ as V. flammeus; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.187 [ as G. australis; illustration, description, discussion of status ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.9 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.7, pl. 2, fig. 7 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.378, fig. 316 [ as V. flammeus; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 May, W.L. 1916. p.81, pl. 2, fig. 5 [ as G. australis; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.20, fig. 6 [ as V. flammea; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1904. p.244 [ synonymy up to 1902, distribution, remarks ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
                      Glycymeris (Veletuceta) Iredale, 1931
                        Glycymeris (Veletuceta) grayana (Dunker, 1857)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16028) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-13.