OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search
Bivalvia Veneroida Mactridae
Mactra (Mactra) achatina Holten, 1802
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Trigonella achatina auct.
Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Mactra ornata Gray, 1836
Common Name
Beni-hamaguri B850 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: B850] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania: Pwani Province: Zanzibar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Gulf of Thailand
PRELOVED Regions: India
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.66
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 20-26m (Phuket, Thailand)
]
depth: intertidal
depth: sublittoral
eCode: in sand
habitat: mud bottom [ dredged from shell sand or mud bottom
]
habitat: shell [ shell sand
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.78 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.131 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.131 Biology and ecology
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.131 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.131 Anatomy
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.10 [ distribution; ecology
] Secondary source
Vongpanich, V. 2000. p.484 [ type data; distribution; description
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Mactroidea
Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767
Mactra (Mactra) achatina Holten, 1802
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17026) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.