OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Periglypta clathrata (Deshayes, 1854)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Venus clathrata Deshayes, 1853
Common Name
Antigona or Venus shell p.329 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos-Keeling
Keywords
depth: intertidal
habitat: lagoon [ common in sandy parts of the northern and southern lagoon (Cocos-Keeling)
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.124 General reference
Maes, V.O. 1967. p.161 [ distribution; ecology
] Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Venerinae Swainson, 1840
Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914
Periglypta clathrata (Deshayes, 1854)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17777) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.