OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Chamidae
Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pseudochama cristella auct.
Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819
Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
Chama reeveana Clessin, 1889
Pseudochama similis Ohdner, 1917
Common Name
Beautiful Jewel Box p.54, pl.55B Wilson, B 2002.
Leafy Chama p.307, pl.31, f.14 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
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
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.63
Keywords
eCode: shallow subtidal
eCode: subtidal
habitat: shell [ attached to shell debris
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.50 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Chamoidea
Chamidae Linnaeus, 1758
Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16628) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.