OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Placamen flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Placamen flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Common Name
Rose-rayed Venus Shell p.328 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
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): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ down to 22 fathoms (approx. 40.2m)
]
depth: intertidal
eCode: in sand
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.252 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.128 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Chioninae Frizzell, 1936
Placamen Iredale, 1925
Placamen flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17823) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-13.