OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venus spissa Deshayes, 1835
   Venus crassa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
   Venus spurca Sowerby, 1835
   Venus mesodesma Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
   Venus violacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
   Venus scansilis Römer, 1860
   Chione gibbosa Hutton, 1873

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 7-100 fathoms (approx. 12.8-183m) ]
depth: subtidal 
eCode: in sand 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.254 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.130 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Chioninae Frizzell, 1936
                      Tawera Marwick, 1927
                        Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17866) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-04.