OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Mesodesmatidae
Paphies (Mesodesma) ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Amphidesma ventricosa auct.
Mesodesma ventricosa Gray, 1843
Common Name
Toheroa p.348 [common name used in New Zealand] Cassie, R.M. 1955.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western 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
Keywords
depth: intertidal
eCode: in sand
References
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.246 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Mactroidea
Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1840
Mesodesmatinae Gray, 1840
Paphies Lesson, 1830
Paphies (Mesodesma) Deshayes, 1832
Paphies (Mesodesma) ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17181) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-02-21.