OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Gafrarium australe (Sowerby, 1851)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Circe australe Sowerby, 1851

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Gulf of Carpentaria
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 28 fathoms (approx. 51.2m) (New Guinea) ]
depth: intertidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: sand 

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.136 General reference
 Smith, E. A. 1885. p.142 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Circinae Dall, 1913
                      Gafrarium Röding, 1798
                        Gafrarium australe (Sowerby, 1851)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17941) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-04.