OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lioconcha tigrina auct.
   Venus castrensis Linnaeus, 1758
   Circe (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Venus lorenziana Chemnitz, 1795
   Venus fulminea Röding, 1798
   Cytherea ornata Lamarck, 1818

Common Name

Chocolate Flamed Venus shell p.325      Allan, J. 1950.  
Tent Venus shell p.203      Coleman, N. 1981.  
Camp Venus p.76, pl.77G      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

Red Sea south to the Mascarenes and east through the Indo-West Pacific {KLamprell011} Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999: "Red Sea south to the Mascarenes and east through the Indo-West Pacific."

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands): Funafuti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu: New Hebrides
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tonga
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.297 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.286 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Hedley, C. 1899. p.501 Distribution
 Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.43 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.142 General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.185 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks; not placed in any subgenus ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Lioconcha Mörch, 1853
                        Lioconcha (Lioconcha) Mörch, 1853
                          Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18047) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.