OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Marcia (Hemitapes) japonica (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Venus japonica Gmelin, 1791
   Paphia japonica (Gmelin, 1791)
   Venus striata Gmelin, 1791
   Venus porcata Röding, 1798
   Venus elegantina Lamarck, 1818
   Venus tristis Lamarck, 1818
   Venus vulvina Lamarck, 1818
   Venus labuana Adams & Reeve, 1850
   Chione regularis Deshayes, 1853
   Chione philippi Deshayes, 1853
   Venus aurisiaca Hanley, 1856
   Tapes caledonica Bernardi, 1856
   Chione chemnitzii Dunker, 1882

Distribution

Indo-Pacific {PB1176}

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  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: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Java Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Timor (Not otherwise Specified)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Borneo
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Moluccas
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.288 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: intertial flats [ on muddy sand flats seaward of mangrove forests ]
substrate: mud [ ]
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. p.59 Secondary source
 Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. p.510 Checklist
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.156 General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.12,13 [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Tapetinae Fischer, 1887
                      Marcia H. & A. Adams, 1857
                        Marcia (Hemitapes) Römer, 1864
                          Marcia (Hemitapes) japonica (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18247) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-17.