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 Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (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.