OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Ostreoida Placunidae
Placuna (Ephippium) lobata Sowerby, 1871
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Placuna lobata Sowerby, 1871
Placenta planicostata Dunker, 1879
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Palau
Keywords
habitat: mangrove
substrate: mud [ on surface near mangroves
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.34, no. 90 General reference
Matsukuma, A. 1987. p.239, pl. 1, figs. 5-8 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Pteriomorphia
Ostreoida
Pectinina
Anomioidea
Placunidae Gray, 1842
Placuna Lightfoot, 1786
Placuna (Ephippium) Röding, 1798
Placuna (Ephippium) lobata Sowerby, 1871
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16422) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-22.