OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Paphia (Protapes) gallus (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Unknown gallus Gmelin, 1791
   Paphia gallus (Gmelin, 1791)

Included taxa

   Paphia (Protapes) gallus gallus (Gmelin, 1791)
   Paphia (Protapes) gallus bombayana Oliver & Glover, 1996

Distribution

apparently absent from west Indian Ocean {OliverGlover1996}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChina
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanMyanmar (Burma)TanintharyiMergui Archipelago
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and NicobarAndaman Islands
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaGulf of Aden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)Phuket
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaMalaysia
  PRELOVED RegionsThailand
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaJava Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaSingapore
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
     Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. p.288 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ below low water mark down to 20m (Phuket) ]
depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand 
habitat: intertial flats [ ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. & Metivier, B. 1971. p.40 Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.156 General reference
 Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1898. p.47 Distribution
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.191 [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. & Glover, E. 1996. p.397 Secondary source
 Smith, E.A. 1891. p.424 Secondary source
 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
                      Paphia Röding, 1798
                        Paphia (Protapes) Dall, 1902
                          Paphia (Protapes) gallus (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18277) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-17.