OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Lioconcha (Lioconcha) polita (Röding, 1798)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Meretrix (Lioconcha) sulcatina auct.
Venus polita Röding, 1798
Lioconcha (Lioconcha) polita (Röding, 1798)
Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798)
Cytherea sulcatina Lamarck, 1818
Circe (Lioconcha) sulcatina (Lamarck, 1818)
Distribution
Tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indian Ocean, from the coral coast of northern Mozambique to the Andaman Islands {KLamprell011}
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Andaman Islands
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ 10-20m (Mozambique)
]
habitat: muddy sand [ in northern Mozambique living littorally in muddy sand, often on marine grassflats
]
substrate: sand [
]
References
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.21 [ description; ecology; distribution; type data; synonymy
] Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.44 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology
] Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Stanisic, J. 1996. p.31 Secondary source
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.142 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) polita (Röding, 1798)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18057) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-06.