OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Venus lagopus Lamarck, 1818
Common Name
Feather Cockle p.255 Cotton, B.C. 1961.
Banded Venerid p.347-8 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
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: 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: 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: intertidal
substrate: sand
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.22 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
Tawera Marwick, 1927
Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17872) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-07-04.