OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Timoclea (Chioneryx) cardioides (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Erycina cardioides Lamarck, 1818
Venus striatissima Sowerby, 1853
Common Name
Much-Striated Venus p.330 Allan, J. 1950.
Heart Venerid p.346-7 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 20 fathoms (approx. 36.6m)
]
depth: continental slope [ 150 fathoms (approx. 274.35m)
]
depth: intertidal
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.255-6 Secondary source
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.23 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.130 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Chioninae Frizzell, 1936
Timoclea Brown, 1827
Timoclea (Chioneryx) Iredale, 1924
Timoclea (Chioneryx) cardioides (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17843) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-04.