OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae
Hippopus Lamarck, 1799
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Hippopus Lamarck, 1799
Pelvis Megerle, 1811
Cerceis Gistel, 1848
Included taxa
Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus, 1758
Hippopus hippopus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
Hippopus porcellanus Rosewater, 1982
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia Throughout Region
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
References
Rosewater, J. 1965. p.361 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tridacnoidea
Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
Hippopus Lamarck, 1799
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16993) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.