OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Pitar (Pitarina) osmunda (Iredale, 1936)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Granicorium osmunda auct.
   Pitarina osmunda Iredale, 1936

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: in mud [ dredged in mud and littoral sand ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.22 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1997. p.291 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.138 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Pitar Römer, 1857
                        Pitar (Pitarina) Jukes-Browne, 1913
                          Pitar (Pitarina) osmunda (Iredale, 1936)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17979) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-06.