OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Lucinidae 

Wallucina assimilis (Angas, 1868)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Wallucina jacksonensis auct.
   Loripes assimilis Angas, 1868
   Lucina (Loripes?) jacksonensis Smith, 1885

Distribution

south Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania to New South Wales

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Glover, E. & Taylor, J. D. 2001. p.288 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.18 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.46 General reference
 May, W.L. 1923. p.133, pl. 7, fig. 19 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Lucinoidea
                  Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
                    Wallucina Iredale, 1930
                      Wallucina assimilis (Angas, 1868)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16567) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-05-10.