OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Antigona (Antigona) materna (Iredale, 1929)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Proxichione materna Iredale, 1929

Common Name

Mother cockle or Antigona Venus shell p.328      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal [ below low water level to 5 fathoms (approx. 9.1m) ]
habitat: in mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.22 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.124 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Venerinae Swainson, 1840
                      Antigona Schumacher, 1817
                        Antigona (Antigona) Schumacher, 1817
                          Antigona (Antigona) materna (Iredale, 1929)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17767) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-25.