OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Placamen sidneyense (Menke, 1858)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venus sidneyense Menke, 1858

Common Name

Sydney Bassina p.328      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

substrate: in sandy mud [ in sandy mud of tidal regions ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.328 Secondary source
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.23 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.250 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Chioninae Frizzell, 1936
                      Placamen Iredale, 1925
                        Placamen sidneyense (Menke, 1858)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17839) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-03.