OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Lucinidae 

Myrtea (Myrtea) mayi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lucina mayi Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 15 m ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.212 [ as Notomyrtea mayi ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.46 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.327, fig. 371 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Lucinoidea
                  Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
                    Myrtea Turton, 1822
                      Myrtea (Myrtea) Turton, 1822
                        Myrtea (Myrtea) mayi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16574) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-05.