OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Acrosterigma transcendens (Melvill & Standen, 1899)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardium (Trachycardium) transcendens Melvill & Standen, 1899
   Cardium perstriatum Kuroda, 1928
   Laevicardium pulcherrimum Sakurai & Habe, 1966

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): 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
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Brunei
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Wallis and Futuna
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands: Ralik Chain: Bikini

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: in sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.64, fig. 196 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. p.191, pl. 11, fig. 21 [ as C. (Trachycardium) transcendens; illustration, description ]  General reference
 Vidal, J. 1999. p.308, figs 14a-d, table 27 [ synonymy, illustration, type data, material examined, description, distribution, discussion ]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. p.101, pl. 6, figs 16-20, text fig. 18 [ as A. transcendens; illustration, type data, description, distribution, W.A. records ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Trachycardiinae Steward, 1930
                      Acrosterigma Dall, 1900
                        Acrosterigma transcendens (Melvill & Standen, 1899)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16835) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-28.