OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae
Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Venus scalarina Lamarck, 1818
Venus conularis Lamarck, 1818
Venus strigosa Lamarck, 1818
Venus aphrodina Lamarck, 1818
Venus humphreyi Donovan, 1834
Katelysia enigma Iredale, 1936
Included taxa
Katelysia scalarina polita Nielsen, 1964
Common Name
Ladder Venus p.331 Allan, J. 1950.
Sand Cockle p.257-8 Cotton, B.C. 1961.
Stepped Venerid p.353-4 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Enigma Venus p.331, f.8 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
Keywords
depth: intertidal
habitat: estuaries [ found occasionally in estuarine conditions
]
substrate: sand
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.22 General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.154 General reference
Nielsen, B.J. 1964. p.224 Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Veneroidea
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
Katelysia Römer, 1857
Katelysia scalarina (Lamarck, 1818)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18227) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-13.