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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (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.