OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Callista (Costacallista) lilacina (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cytherea lilacina Lamarck, 1818
   Cytherea pectoralis Lamarck, 1818
   Dione grata Deshayes, 1853

Common Name

Giant Sulcate Venus shell p.P.327, pl.34, f.11 []      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

{ALLAN1950er} does not specify south or north Western Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.327 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Stanisic, J. 1996. p.30 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.140 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Callista Poli, 1791
                        Callista (Costacallista) Palmer, 1927
                          Callista (Costacallista) lilacina (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18029) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-21.