OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Donacidae
Donax (Deltachion) electilis (Iredale, 1930)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Deltachion electilis Iredale, 1930
Common Name
Southern Wedge Shell p.345 Allan, J. 1950.
Choice Pipi p.370 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
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): Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: sand
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.285 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.106, no. 382 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tellinoidea
Donacidae Fleming, 1828*
Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930
Donax (Deltachion) electilis (Iredale, 1930)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17502) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-20.