OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Mesodesmatidae 

Davila plana (Hanley, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mesodesma planum Hanley, 1843
   Mesodesma munda Gould, 1851
   Davila polita Gray, 1853
   Mesodesma crassula Reeve, 1854

Common Name

Very Flat Triangle shell p.352      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

widely ranging in the tropical Pacific region and Japan (up to Amami Islands)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Borneo
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand 

References

 Habe, T. 1952. p.168 Distribution
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.86 General reference
 Purchon, R.D., and Morris, S. 1981. p.325 Distribution
 Sakurai, K. & Habe, T. 1973. p.6 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Zhuang, Q. 1978. p.70 [ distribution; synonymy; description ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Mactroidea
                  Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1840
                    Davilinae Dall, 1895
                      Davila Gray, 1853
                        Davila plana (Hanley, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17184) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-02-21.