OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Solecurtidae 

Solecurtus australis (Deshayes, 1862)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Macha australis Dunker, 1862

Distribution

northern New South Wales to coastal central Queensland

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [{to 36 metres{Lampr1992x60}}]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.25 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.118, no. 438 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Solecurtidae d'Orbigny, 1846
                    Solecurtus Blainville, 1824
                      Solecurtus australis (Deshayes, 1862)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17697) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-20.