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Bivalvia Veneroida Mactridae 

Mactra (Mactra) australis Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trigonella polita auct.
   Austromactra australis auct.
   Mactra glabrata Schröter, 1788
   Mactra australis Lamarck, 1819
   Mactra polita Reeve, 1854

Common Name

Australian Mactra; Polished Trough shell p.348      Allan, J. 1950.  
Southern Trough shell p.364      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.348 Contains synonymy
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.76 General reference
 Smith, E.A. 1914. p.141 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Mactroidea
                  Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
                    Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
                      Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
                        Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767
                          Mactra (Mactra) australis Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17016) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-02-13.