OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern AustraliaSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (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.