OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Mactridae
Mactra (Austromactra) contraria Reeve, 1854
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Trigonella contraria auct.
Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854
Mactra rugifera Dunker, 1862
Austromactra caloundra Iredale, 1930
Common Name
Reddish Trough shell p.347 Allan, J. 1950.
Contrary Mactra p.66, pl.67D Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: sand
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.26 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.80 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 (Austromactra) Iredale, 1930
Mactra (Austromactra) contraria Reeve, 1854
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17066) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.