OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Tapes (Tapes) sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venus textile var. sulcaria auct.
   Paphia sulcaria auct.
   Venus sulcaria Lamarck, 1818
   Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)
   Venus deshayesiana Bianconi, 1856
   Venus variopicta Bianconi, 1856

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique: Inhambane
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Oman
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Saudi Arabia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Moluccas
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Nicobar Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania: Pwani Province: Zanzibar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.15 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.298 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand [ in muddy sand, lower shore and below (Persian Gulf) ]

References

 Bonfitto, A., Sabelli, B., Tommasini, S. & Herbert, G. 1994. p.135,136 General reference
 Fischer-Piette, E. 1968. p.792 Distribution
 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.296 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. p.22 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.150 General reference
 Matsukuma, A. 1986. p.24-5 Type information
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.190 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1995. p.274 [ distribution; description; ecology ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
                      Tapes Mühlfeld, 1811
                        Tapes (Tapes) Mühlfeld, 1811
                          Tapes (Tapes) sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18187) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-03-04.