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 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: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (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.