OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Arcoida Glycymerididae
Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pectunculus vitrea Lamarck, 1819
Pectunculus novaguineensis Angas, 1879
Melaxinaea labyrintha Iredale, 1930
Melaxinaea litoralis Iredale, 1931
Common Name
Granulated Dog Cockle p.252 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 20m depth
]
substrate: sand
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. pl. 4, fig. 25 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat
] General reference
Matsukuma, A. 1980. p.201, pl. 1, figs 1-3, pl. 2, fig. 6, pl. 4, fig. 2 [ synonymy, illustration, description, distribution
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Arcoida
Limopsoidea
Glycymerididae Newton, 1922
Melaxinaea Iredale, 1930
Melaxinaea vitrea (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16085) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-21.