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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Myanmar (Burma): Tanintharyi: Mergui Archipelago
  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: Central E coast
  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
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  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: Indonesia: Moluccas
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
  PRELOVED Regions: Thailand
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Java Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong 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.