OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Veneroida Carditidae 

Cardita muricata Sowerby, 1832

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardita muricata Sowerby, 1832

Common Name

Prickly Cardita p.58, pl.59F      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.54 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Carditoidea
                  Carditidae Fleming, 1820
                    Cardita Bruguière, 1792
                      Cardita muricata Sowerby, 1832

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16673) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.