OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Laevichlamys mollita (Reeve, 1853)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pecten mollitus Reeve, 1853
   Mimachlamys grossiana Iredale, 1939

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habit: byssally attached 
substrate: coral 
substrate: sand 

References

 Dijkstra, H.H. 1998. p.33, pl. 5, figs. 5-8 Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.20 [ description, distribution as Chlamys (Chlamys) mollita ]  General reference
 Rombouts, A. 1991. p.16, pl. 6, fog. 8 [ description, distribution (limited to Japan) as Chlamys (Chlamys) mollita ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Laevichlamys Waller, 1993
                        Laevichlamys mollita (Reeve, 1853)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16238) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.