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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Laevicardium multipunctatum (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cardium multipunctatum Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833

Common Name

The Many-dotted Cockle pl. 1, fig. 7      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Visayan: Cebu: Cebu
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Visayan: Cebu: Cebu: Mactan Island

Keywords

substrate: coral 
substrate: sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.70, fig. 223 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 1, fig. 7 [ as C. multipunctatum; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. pl. 3, figs 13-15 [ illustration ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Laevicardiinae Keen, 1936
                      Laevicardium Swainson, 1840
                        Laevicardium multipunctatum (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16927) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-30.