OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae 

Glycymeris (Veletuceta) hedleyi (Lamy, 1912)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pectunculus hedleyi Lamy, 1912

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ to 20m depth ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. 1939. p.298 [ as V. hedleyi; description ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.7, pl. 2, fig. 8 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Arcoida
                Limopsoidea
                  Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
                    Glycymeris da Costa, 1778
                      Glycymeris (Veletuceta) Iredale, 1931
                        Glycymeris (Veletuceta) hedleyi (Lamy, 1912)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16033) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.